5 books to give a psychologist at Christmas (2015 Edition)
Yes, we know. It is more than studied and documented. The Christmas season is getting dangerously close and, as the days go by, the consumer cravings (or the social pressure that induces us to buy gifts) grow like a souffle.
When it comes to giving books away, most mortals will be able to satisfy their purchasing needs with the odd one. best seller, a light novel or perhaps a recipe manual. However, other types of people will have it much more complicated.
Books on psychology to give and take at Christmas
These people are the ones consider giving a book to a psychologist or psychologist.
But there is nothing to fear. Taking up the wake of the successful first edition of 5 books to give a psychologist at Christmas, Arrive now the second part of the list of recommended reading most used by friends, colleagues and relatives of human behavior researchers.
Also, as in the previous time, remember that you can always suggest new titles in the comments section.
And now, to read!
1. The man who mistook his wife for a hatby Oliver Sacks
In this year 2015 He has left us one of the best popularizers in the world: the neurologist Oliver sacks. This Christmas can be a good time to start getting acquainted with his work, which is characterized by being extremely interesting from a scientific point of view and also surprisingly delicate while dealing with the most human themes that permeate his work.
Because, after all, Sacks writes about humanity: about how humanity unfolds when certain pieces of its system nervous make him not perceive reality like the rest and, of course, how he deals with the disease of the most intimate aspect of him: his own mind.
2. The factory of illusionsby Ignacio Morgado
A book on psychology and neurosciences incredibly entertaining, made up of many short texts, each of which deals with a specific topic on our mind.
In addition, it is divided into thematic blocks that cover many aspects of our day to day: decision making, sexuality, etc. It is the ideal book to read in little spare time, trips in public transport and moments of waiting.
3. Ghosts in the brainby V. S Ramachandran and S. Blakeslee
This is possibly one of the best books to learn the basics of logic through which the human mind works from the point of view of neurosciences.
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, a neurologist well known for his research on the phantom limbs, approaches here the big questions about how we think and feel through the study of the concrete structures of the brain, thus going from pure scientific popularization to philosophical aspects and existential. The way in which both the explanations and the unknowns are raised is clear and direct, and hThere is a lot of ingenuity behind the way in which the relationships between certain themes are hinted at that apparently have nothing to do with it.
4. Psychology Dictionary (AKAL)
Yes, a specialized dictionary. An option as boring as it is necessary in a world that is constantly generating new terms.
Having this dictionary of psychology is more important if we take into account that psychology aims to study something as changeable as human behavior and the processes of the nervous system using, in part, words.
5. The king's brainby Nolasc Acarín
The neurologist Nolasc Acarín built in this book one of the best examples of the extent to which it is possible to condense many of the basic aspects of psychology and the study of behavior, associate them with what we know about human evolution and biology, and result in a book that is not very long, although it is very ambitious.
That is why this book is indicated for those people, dedicated or not to the world of psychology, want have a global picture about our propensities, our behavior style and our way of feel.