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An entertaining and revealing look at the science behind the emotion of disgust. Disgust originated to prevent us from eating poisonous food, but this simple safety mechanism has since evolved into a uniquely human emotion that dictates how we treat others, shapes our cultural norms, and even has implications for our mental and physical health.

Psychopaths seem to be everywhere. They are on the news and at the movies. People who lack empathy, be they ruthless entrepreneurs or crazed spree killers, are frequently labelled psychopathic; the charming socialiser is just as suspect as the awkward antisocial loner. The conception of what defines a psychopath seems to be a morass of contradictions, the only consistency being the supposition of a lack of empathy.

Mr. A. was admitted to Dr. Joel Gold’s inpatient unit at Bellevue Hospital in 2002. He was, he said, being filmed constantly, and his life was being broadcast around the world "like The Truman Show" - the 1998 film depicting a man who is unknowingly living out his life as the star of a popular soap opera. Over the next few years, Gold saw a number of patients suffering from what he and his brother, Dr. Ian Gold, began calling the "Truman Show Delusion," launching them on a quest to understand the nature of this particular phenomenon and the nature of madness itself.

Zwischen Helikopter-Anflügen und der anarchischen Lust, ganz anders als andere Eltern sein zu wollen, fügt sich Vater Schumacher in die Rolle des gutgelaunten Dienstleisters, der zuverlässig für Technikspielzeug und Männerwissen, ökonomisches Auskommen und Emotionen sorgt. Herrlich durchgeknallt und brutal ehrlich skizziert Hajo Schumacher das tägliche Glücksdrama zwischen Dürfen, Können und Müssen.

When the ashes had settled after World War II and the Allies convened an international war crimes trial in Nuremberg, a psychiatrist, Douglas Kelley, and a psychologist, Gustave Gilbert, tried to fathom the psychology of the Nazi leaders using extensive psychiatric interviews, IQ tests, and Rorschach inkblot tests. Never before or since has there been such a detailed study of governmental leaders who orchestrated mass killings.

The Sane Society is a continuation and extension of the brilliant psychiatric concepts Erich Fromm first formulated in Escape from Freedom; it is also, in many ways, an answer to Freud’s Civilization and its Discontents. Fromm examines man’s escape into over conformity and the danger of robotism in contemporary industrial society: Modern humanity has, he maintains, been alienated from the world of their own creation. Here Fromm offers a complete and systematic exploration of his “humanistic psychoanalysis.”

In 1954, a group of boys attended a remote summer camp in Oklahoma. There they were split into two groups and encouraged to bully, harass and demonise each other. The results would make history as one of social psychology’s classic studies: the Robbers Cave experiment. Conducted at the height of the Cold War, the experiment officially had a happy ending: the boys reconciled, and psychologist Muzafer Sherif demonstrated that while hatred and violence are powerful forces, so, too, are cooperation and harmony.

Are you happy? Right now? Happy enough? As happy as everyone else? Could you be happier if you tried harder? After she packed up her British worldview (that most things were basically rubbish) and moved to America, journalist and documentary filmmaker Ruth Whippman found herself increasingly perplexed by the American obsession with one topic above all others: happiness. The subject came up everywhere: at the playground swings, at the meat counter in the supermarket, and even at the gynecologist.

A Paradise Built in Hell is an investigation of the moments of altruism, resourcefulness, and generosity that arise amid disaster's grief and disruption and considers their implications for everyday life. It points to a new vision of what society could become - one that is less authoritarian and fearful, more collaborative and local.

Humor, like pornography, is famously difficult to define. We know it when we see it, but is there a way to figure out what we really find funnyand why? In this fascinating investigation into the science of humor and laughter, cognitive neuroscientist Scott Weems uncovers what’s happening in our heads when we giggle, guffaw, or double over with laughter. While we typically think of humor in terms of jokes or comic timing, in Ha! Weems proposes a provocative new model.

Why do people dodge responsibility when things fall apart? Why the parade of public figures unable to own up when they screw up? Why the endless marital quarrels over who is right? Why can we see hypocrisy in others but not in ourselves? Are we all liars? Or do we really believe the stories we tell? Backed by years of research and delivered in lively, energetic prose, Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) offers a fascinating explanation of self-deception.

Psychologists often paint a picture of human mating as visceral, instinctual. But that's not the whole story. In courtship and display, sexual competition and rivalry, we are also guided by what Glenn Geher and Scott Barry Kaufman call Mating Intelligence - a range of mental abilities that have evolved to help us find the right partner. Mating Intelligence is at work in our efforts to form, maintain, and end relationships. It guides us in flirtation, foreplay, copulation, finding and choosing a mate, and many other behaviors.

I know my own mind. I am able to assess others in a fair and accurate way. These self-perceptions are challenged by leading psychologists Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald as they explore the hidden biases we all carry from a lifetime of exposure to cultural attitudes about age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, social class, sexuality, disability status, and nationality. Blindspot is the authors’ metaphor for the portion of the mind that houses hidden biases.

Claude M. Steele, who has been called “one of the few great social psychologists,” offers a vivid first-person account of the research that supports his groundbreaking conclusions on stereotypes and identity. He sheds new light on American social phenomena from racial and gender gaps in test scores to the belief in the superior athletic prowess of black men, and lays out a plan for mitigating these “stereotype threats” and reshaping American identities.

We know of psychopaths from chilling headlines and stories in the news and movies - from Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy to Hannibal Lecter and Dexter Morgan. As Dr. Kent Kiehl shows, psychopaths can be identified by a checklist of symptoms that includes pathological lying; lack of empathy, guilt, and remorse; grandiose sense of self-worth; manipulation; and failure to accept one’s actions. But why do psychopaths behave the way they do? Is it the result of their environment - how they were raised - or is there a genetic component to their lack of conscience?

Nella vita di ogni donna, scandita da tappe biologicamente e culturalmente prestabilite, le occasioni di ripensamento e di svolta si presentano a scadenze più o meno regolari, e bisogna accettare le perdite e gli svantaggi che le alternative fatalmente comportano. Tuttavia, è alla soglia della maturità che si arriva a un bivio decisivo: effettuato un consuntivo globale, dobbiamo guardare in faccia la realtà e interrogarci sulle scelte fatte in amore, lavoro, famiglia, maternità, amicizia.

Il problema è questo: spesso le persone litigano per delle questioni che si risolverebbero in cinque minuti al massimo, se solo si sapessero certe cose. Ci sono delle regole di base della comunicazione, delle indicazioni su come poter percepire il mondo attorno a noi, delle teorie della psicologia umanistica e un altro paio di cosette che, se tenute a mente, possono davvero stravolgere l'esito di una discussione. E attenzione: non si tratta di manipolazione, si tratta del modo migliore di rispettare se stessi e gli altri.

Violenze in famiglia e sul lavoro, regolamenti di conti tra bande, aggressioni a sfondo xenofobo e uccisioni di massa: gli episodi riconducibili all'odio sono innumerevoli, e riguardano sia i rapporti interpersonali sia i rapporti fra i gruppi sociali. Che cosa caratterizza questa complessa esperienza psicologica? Il volume ci descrive i processi che generano e alimentano l'odio; che cosa ha in comune con amore, rabbia e paura; i molti linguaggi in cui si esprime.

È giusto perdonare? Quanto può far bene alla vittima? Esiste perdono senza riconciliazione? Più semplice con se stessi o dopo un'offesa ricevuta, più complesso tra gruppi politici e religiosi, il perdono richiede tempo e fatica, ma è necessario per non dimenticare. Il perdono si prospetta come via alternativa alla vendetta o alla fuga.

Saper aspettare è una virtù. Ce lo sentiamo ripetere spesso: "Devi portare pazienza!", "Non essere impulsivo!", "Non avere fretta!". Perché è così importante saper aspettare? Come mai è così difficile farlo? Quali sono i costi e le sofferenze dell'attesa? Ma a volte aspettare diventa un vizio, quando cincischiamo e perdiamo tempo. La pigrizia, però, si può vincere: l'uso strategico delle scadenze - anche di quelle più insidiose - può, ad esempio, aiutarci a tenere fede agli impegni.