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Muhammad Ali: The Making of an Icon (Sporting)

Temple University Press, 2009

Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Clay) has always engendered an emotional reaction from the public. From his appearance as an Olympic champion to his iconic status as a national hero, his carefully constructed image and controversial persona has always been intensely scrutinized. In Muhammad Ali, Michael Ezra considers the boxer who...

Intervening in the Brain: Changing Psyche and Society (Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment)

Springer, 2007

The wealth of insights into the brain’s functioning gained by neuroscience in recent years led to the development of new possibilities for intervening in the brain such as neurotransplantation, neural prostheses and brain stimulation techniques. Moreover, new and safer classes of psychopharmaceutical drugs lend themselves to...

The 7 Triggers to Yes: The New Science Behind Influencing People's Decisions

McGraw-Hill, 2007

Introducing 7 scientifically proven ways to masterfully apply the skill of persuasion and get the results you want

Everybody knows that the best way to persuade people to reach the “Yes” response is by using logic and reason, right? Wrong. According to the latest research in neuroscience, most people...

The Child's Creation of A Pictorial World

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003

A decade has passed since the publication of the first edition of The Child's Creation of a Pictorial World, and it seemed time to reassess the status of child art and review studies that were published in the intervening years.

The outcome of this review...

Inside Greek U.: Fraternities, Sororities, and the Pursuit of Pleasure, Power, and Prestige

University Press of Kentucky, 2007

One in ten American college students joins a fraternity or sorority, and Greek social organizations produce a disproportionately large percentage of power brokers in business and politics. Statistics show that while these future leaders are on campus, they are much more likely than non-Greek students to engage in binge drinking and to be either the...

Digital Sports Photography

Course Technology PTR, 2008

I fly a lot in my job. Frequently, people sitting next to me on the plane ask me what I do for a living. When I tell them that I am a sports photographer, their response is usually something like this: “Wow, what a great job!” They’re right. Sports photography really is a great job.

Asports photographer captures the...

Managing Psychological Factors in Information Systems Work: An Orientation to Emotional Intelligence

Information Science Publishing, 2004

With the expansion of the Internet and the resulting globalization of business activity, the scope of the influence of information technology (IT) has increased significantly. Many innovative business practices are being enabled by IT. The capacity for integration of information in numeric, text, voice, and video form will give...

The Soul of the Organization: How to Ignite Employee Engagement and Productivity at Every Level

Apress, 2012

Given the opportunity to describe Apple as a company in just a word or two, most would respond with adjectives like: Innovative. Design-conscious. Iconic. Some would probably even say: Secretive. But here's another: Soulful. Yes, Apple has a soul, and it is not alone in that respect. A select...

Emotional Engineering, Vol.7: The Age of Communication

Springer, 2019

This book demonstrates that emotion is a highly influential component in creating a new society and new engineering, revealing the importance of emotion in various aspects of the Connected World. It addresses a wide variety of topics, but with this one underlying aim throughout. Further, it stands out for the...

Basics Design: Layout (Second Edition)

Ava Publishing, 2011

Layout concerns the placement of text and image elements within a design. How these elements are positioned, both in relation to one another and within the overall design scheme, will affect how the content is viewed and received by the readers, as well as their emotional reaction towards it. Layout can help or hinder the receipt of...

Conceptual Blockbusting: A Guide to Better Ideas

Basic Books, 2001

James Adams's unique approach to generating ideas and solving problems has captivated, inspired, and guided thousands of people from all walks of life. Now, twenty-five years after its original publication, Conceptual Blockbusting has never been more relevant, powerful, or fresh. Integrating insights from the worlds of psychology,...

Language in Cognition and Affect (Second Language Learning and Teaching)

Springer, 2013

The volume contains most updated theoretical and empirical research on foreign or second language processes analyzed from the perspective of cognition and affect. It consists of articles devoted to various issued related to such broad topics as gender, literacy, translation or culture, to mention a few. The collection of papers offers a...

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