thought and thinking

Explores factors that influence listening and comprehension, and provides tips for being a better listener.

A collection of more than 170 exercises designed to help students improve their thinking and reasoning skills, with emphasis on improving listening and remembering, language, writing, logic, and math.

Explains how to incorporate the teaching of thinking into curricula, presenting a framework for designing staff development programs; discusses metacognition, critical and creative thinking, thinking processes, core thinking skills, and content-area knowledge.

Contains dozens of puzzles designed to challenge and improve a person's lateral thinking abilities.

A do-it-yourself guide to increasing intelligence, exploring how the brain works; offering exercises to help individuals use their intelligence effectively; and providing information about foods and supplements that boost brain power.

Thinking About Almost Everything brings together original thinking on a staggering range of topics across the sciences, arts and humanities, grouped into nine imaginative and sometimes startling thematic categories. The short (often just one-page) essays are written in a lively and accessible style, and the book is illustrated with original and challenging images. Thinking About Almost Everything shows how even the most intricate and complex knowledge can enliven public curiosity and spark new thinking on issues either known or yet to be discovered.

This book presents ideas to expand every mind; contributors address what scientific concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit. Their answers flow from the frontiers of psychology, philosophy, economics, physics, sociology, and more.

A series of stories and scientific findings to explore why the mind does not function the way people perceive, revealing how our intuitions often get us into trouble.

Explains the significant but often ignored difference between intuitive reasoning and logical reasoning and what those differences mean in a world filled with deception and double-meaning.

Discusses the four types of logic common among breakthrough thinkers, who employ common logic, artificial intelligence, and cognitive psychology to shape and advance civilization.