Cognition and cognitive psychology

Winner of British Psychological Society Best Book Prize (Popular Science) 2023

Nature’s Top 10 Books of 2023

A Financial Times Book of the Year 2023

A Waterstones Book of the Year for Politics 2023

The Sunday Times bestseller

‘A monumental, gripping book … Outstanding’ Sunday Times

Wherever there is human judgement, there is noise.

A brilliant examination into how the internet is profoundly changing the way we think.

Working memory is the smart new way to improve your performance - whether studying for exams or looking to make progress in your career.

If a gorilla walked out into the middle of a basketball pitch, you’d notice it. Wouldn’t you? If a serious violent crime took place just next to you, you’d remember it, right? The Invisible Gorilla is a fascinating look at the unbelievable, yet routine tricks that your brain plays on you.

A lucid and stimulating explanation of how the body’s natural healing mechanisms work – and how they can be triggered in non-chemical ways via the ‘placebo effect’.

The secrets that experts and top professionals use to stay at the top of their game.

Why do smart people make irrational decisions every day? The answers will surprise you. Predictably Irrational is an intriguing, witty and utterly original look at why we all make illogical decisions.

Tony Buzan, Mind Map® genius and founder of the World Memory Championships, shows kids how easy it is to become the master of their memories and succeed at school with his unique combination of learning tools.

A practical pocket guide that teaches you how to Mind Map with ease from Tony Buzan, the inventor of the Mind Map.

10 ways to tap into your creative genius

‘Learning to loaf’ – this books explores the ways of knowing that require more time, the ways we have unlearned or ignore, but that are crucial to our complete mental development.