Psychology & Cognitive Science

Thinking, Fast and Slow 《思考，快与慢》 Daniel Kahneman Kahneman organizes decades of judgment-and-decision research as a dialogue between two cognitive systems: fast, automatic System 1, and slow… Psychology & Cognitive Science Classic Index 95

Influence 《影响力》 Robert Cialdini Cialdini distills the research on persuasion into six principles: reciprocity, commitment and consistency, social proof, liking, authority, and… Psychology & Cognitive Science Classic Index 92

Thinking in Systems 《系统之美》 Donella Meadows Meadows introduces the basic vocabulary of systems thinking in plain language: stocks and flows, feedback loops, delays, leverage points. Her… Psychology & Cognitive Science Classic Index 89

Flow 《心流》 Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Drawing on long interviews with artists, athletes, surgeons, and ordinary people, Csikszentmihalyi isolates a state he calls flow: clear goals… Psychology & Cognitive Science Classic Index 88

Superforecasting 《超预测》 Philip Tetlock Based on a government-funded forecasting tournament, Tetlock compares the long-run accuracy of experts against amateurs and finds a small group of… Psychology & Cognitive Science Classic Index 87

Noise 《噪声》 Daniel Kahneman The three authors separate two kinds of error in judgment: bias, a systematic tilt shared across cases, and noise, the inconsistency that arises… Psychology & Cognitive Science Classic Index 86

Predictably Irrational 《怪诞行为学》 Dan Ariely Through a series of cleverly designed experiments, Ariely shows that human irrationality is not random but predictable and repeatable. From the… Psychology & Cognitive Science Classic Index 84

Mindset 《终身成长》 Carol Dweck Dweck distinguishes a fixed mindset, which treats ability as a given trait, from a growth mindset, which treats ability as developable through… Psychology & Cognitive Science Classic Index 83

The Psychology of Money 《金钱心理学》 Morgan Housel Housel uses short essays to argue that financial outcomes depend more on behavior than on knowledge: patience, room for error, and honesty about… Psychology & Cognitive Science Classic Index 82

Psychology & Cognitive Science 2013 The Psychopath Inside James Fallon The Psychopath Inside 《天生变态狂》 James Fallon A neuroscientist's self-dissection after finding he has a psychopath's brain. Psychology & Cognitive Science XMS's list

Psychology & Cognitive Science Catherine M. Pittman 重塑与情绪修复脑科学 《重塑与情绪修复脑科学》 Catherine M. Pittman The amygdala, the cortex, and brain-based ways to rewire anxiety. Psychology & Cognitive Science XMS's list

Psychology & Cognitive Science 2021 Testosterone Carole Hooven Testosterone 《睾酮》 Carole Hooven What testosterone does to male strength, aggression, and competitive drive. Psychology & Cognitive Science XMS's list

Psychology & Cognitive Science 2018 Dirty Genes Ben Lynch Dirty Genes 《脏基因》 Ben Lynch Epigenetics: tuning gene expression through diet and lifestyle. Psychology & Cognitive Science XMS's list

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales 《错把妻子当帽子》 Oliver Sacks What remains of a person when one module of the brain fails Psychology & Cognitive Science Daily Pick

The Society of Mind 《心智社会》 Marvin Minsky Intelligence emerges from a society of mindless agents Psychology & Cognitive Science Daily Pick

Descartes' Error 《笛卡尔的错误》 António Damásio Emotion is not the opposite of reason but a necessary part of rational decision-making Psychology & Cognitive Science Daily Pick

Consciousness Explained 《意识的解释》 Daniel C. Dennett Consciousness is not a screen or a center in the brain but what emerges when many parallel processes compete for 'fame' Psychology & Cognitive Science Daily Pick

The Language Instinct 《语言本能》 Steven Pinker Language is not a cultural habit we are taught but a biological instinct shaped in the human brain by natural selection Psychology & Cognitive Science Daily Pick

How Emotions Are Made 《情绪》 Lisa Feldman Barrett Emotions are not triggered reactions but predictions the brain constructs: a neuroscience revolution that rewrites common sense Psychology & Cognitive Science Daily Pick

Psychology & Cognitive Science 1973 The Interpretation of Cultures Clifford Geertz The Interpretation of Cultures 《作为文化的解释》 Clifford Geertz Culture is not a hidden entity in the mind but a public web of meaning — understanding another culture means 'thick description' of its symbols and… Psychology & Cognitive Science Daily Pick