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The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
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The Blank Slate

By Steven Pinker ,

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The Neuroscience of You: How Every Brain Is Different and How to Understand Yours
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The Neuroscience of You

By Chantel Prat ,

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Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society
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Blueprint

By Nicholas A. Christakis ,

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The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do
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The Nurture Assumption

By Judith Rich Harris ,

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The Whisperings Within
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The Whisperings Within

By David P. Barash ,

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Sociobiology: The New Synthesis
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Sociobiology

By Edward O. Wilson ,

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How Art Works: A Psychological Exploration
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How Art Works

By Ellen Winner , Ellen Winner ,

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From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development
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From Neurons to Neighborhoods

By Deborah A. Phillips (editor) , Jack P. Shonkoff (editor) ,

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Cycles of Contingency: Developmental Systems and Evolution
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Cycles of Contingency

By Susan Oyama (editor) , Paul E. Griffiths (editor) , Russell D. Gray (editor)

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Brother Mendel's Perfect Horse: Man and Beast in an Age of Human Warfare
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Brother Mendel's Perfect Horse

By Frank Westerman ,

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This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress
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This Idea Must Die

By John Brockman ,

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They F*** You Up: How to Survive Family Life
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They F*** You Up

By Oliver James ,

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Cognitive Gadgets: The Cultural Evolution of Thinking
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Cognitive Gadgets

By Cecilia Heyes ,

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Defenders of the Truth: The Sociobiology Debate
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Defenders of the Truth

By Ullica. Segerstrale ,

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Not in Our Genes: Biology, Ideology, and Human Nature
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Not in Our Genes

By Richard Lewontin , Steven Rose , Leon J. Kamin

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Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain
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Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain

By Lisa Feldman Barrett ,

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The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance
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The Sports Gene

By David Epstein ,

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The Nurture Effect: How the Science of Human Behavior Can Improve Our Lives and Our World
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The Nurture Effect

By Anthony Biglan ,

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Designerly Ways of Knowing
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Designerly Ways of Knowing

By Nigel Cross ,

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The Development of the Person: The Minnesota Study of Risk and Adaptation from Birth to Adulthood
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The Development of the Person

By L. Alan Sroufe , Byron Egeland , Elizabeth A. Carlson , W. Andrew Collins

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Attachment: The Fundamental Questions
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Attachment

By Ross A. Thompson (editor) , Jeffry A. Simpson (editor) , Lisa J. Berlin (editor)

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Conscience: The Origins of Moral Intuition
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Conscience

By Patricia Churchland ,

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Early Childhood and Neuroscience: Theory, Research and Implications for Practice
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Early Childhood and Neuroscience

By Mine Conkbayir ,

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Dogs: a Startling New Understanding of Canine Origin, Behavior and Evolution
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Dogs

By Ray Coppinger , Lorna Coppinger ,

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The End of Gender: Debunking the Myths about Sex and Identity in Our Society
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The End of Gender

By Debra Soh ,

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The Psychopath: Emotion and the Brain
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The Psychopath

By James Blair , Derek Mitchell , Karina Blair

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