How We Decide
Jonah Lehrer. HM, 2009
[153.83 Lehrer]
A look at the science of decision-making--drawing on cutting-edge research as well as the real-world experiences of a wide range of deciders from airplane pilots to poker players--and how we all can make better choices.

Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions
Dan Ariely. Harper, 2008
[330 Ariely]
MIT behavioral economist Dan Ariely explains how expectations, emotions, social norms, and other invisible, seemingly illogical forces skew our reasoning abilities.

Why We Love: The Nature & Chemistry of Romantic Love
Helene Fisher. Holt, 2004
[152.41 Fischer]
Offers insight into the highs and lows, mood swings, sleeplessness, and obsessions associated with romantic passion.

Understanding Creativity
Jane Piirto. Great Potential Press, 2004
[153.35 Piirto]
Examines the processes of creativity, ways to enhance it, the personality and intellectual characteristics of creative people in various domains visual artists, architects, creative writers, scientists, mathematicians, inventors, entrepreneurs, musicians, conductors, composers, actors, dancers, & athletes.

Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human
Richard Wrangham. Perseus, 2009
[394.12 Wrangham]
Did the act of cooking food create the human race? Renowned primatologist Richard Wrangham thinks so, arguing that the shift from raw to cooked foods was the key factor in human evolution.

In Silence: Why We Pray
Donald Spoto. Viking, 2004
[248.32 Spoto]
An exploration of prayer in human experience throughout history and across cultural, continental & religious lines.

Buyology: The Truth about Why We Buy
Martin Lindstrom. Currency Doubleday, 2008
[658.834 Lindstrom]
Based on the single largest neuro-marketing study ever conducted, Buyology shed new light on what stimulates interest in a product and compels us to buy it.

The Compassionate Brain: How Empathy Creates Intelligence
Gerold Hüther. Trumpeter, 2006, 2004
[612.8 Hüther]
A guide to how the brain works, how our brains came to operate the way they do, and, most important, how to use your precious gray matter to its full capacity.

On Desire: Why We Want What We Want
William Braxlin Irvine. Oxford, 2006
[128.3 Irvine]
What happens in the brain when we desire something? Irvine explores our impulses, wants, and needs, where these feelings come from, and how we can try to rein them in and be content with what we have.

The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule
Michael Shermer. Times Books, 2004
[071.7 Shermer]
Reveals how humans have evolved from social primates into moral primates, exploring the implications of logic and free will among other issues affecting the way humans think about moral issues.

Adam's Tongue : How Humans Made Language, How Language Made Humans
Derek Bickerton. H&W, 2009
[401 Bickerton]
Integrates the story of how language evolved with the story of how humans evolved.

The Seven Deadly Sins series:

The following titles are from The New York Public Library/Oxford University Press lecture series featuring seven noted writers, scholars, and critics who offer their views on the seven deadly sins.

Anger
Robert Thurman. Oxford, 2006
[205.698 Thurman]

Pride
Michael Dyson. Oxford, 2006
[241.3 Dyson]

Sloth
Wendy Wasserstein. Oxford, 2006
[179.8 Wasserstein]

Greed
Phyllis A. Tickle. Oxford, 2004
[178 Tickle]

Gluttony
Francine Prose. Oxford, 2003
[178 Prose]

Lust
Simon Blackburn. Oxford, 2004
[176 Blackburn]

Envy
Joseph Epstein. Oxford, 2003
[179.8 Epstein]

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