Throughout history, humans have attempted to influence and control the thoughts of others. Since the word 'brainwashing' was coined in...
Kathleen Taylor
'This is a guide for real people living and struggling in real life, ordinary circumstances… it is full of humane,...
Elizabeth Wilde Mccormick
On November 18th, 1978, over 900 people including a U.S. congressman Leo Ryan died because of Cult Leader Jim Jones....
Steven Hassan
In recent years, there has been an explosion in the number of children and young people who diagnose themselves as...
Sue Evans and Marcus Evans
Children take their lead from their friends: being ‘cool’ matters more than anything else. Shaping values, identity and codes of...
Gordon Neufeld & Gabor Maté
WINNER of the 2018 Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize 2018 'Finally, a book about the adolescent brain written...
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
Why is it so hard to say 'I made a mistake' and really believe it? When we make mistakes, cling...
Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson
So much relies on science. But what if science itself can't be relied on? Medicine, education, psychology, health, parenting -...
Stuart Ritchie
Picking up where The Tipping Point leaves off, respected journalist Lee Daniel Kravetz's Strange Contagion is a provocative look at...
Lee Daniel Kravetz
The biological source of masculinity has inspired fascination, investigation and controversy since antiquity. From the eunuchs in the royal courts...
Carole Hooven
Have good intentions, over-parenting and the decline in unsupervised play led to the emergence of modern identity politics and hypersensitivity?...
Jonathan Haidt & Greg Lukianoff
International sex researcher, neuroscientist, and columnist Debra Soh debunks popular gender myths in this fascinating, research-based, scientific examination of the...
Dr Debra Soh
'A truly fascinating - if unnerving - read' The Telegraph 'We can all benefit from Critchlow's book' New Scientist 'Acute,...
Hannah Critchlow
A wonderful page-turner about a fascinating idea that should affect the way every thinking person thinks about the world around...
Malcolm Gladwell
We expect an enormous amount from our teenage girls in a world where they are bombarded with messages about how...
Lisa Damour