Evolutionary Psychology

Evolutionary psychology is an approach in the social and natural sciences that examines psychological structure from a modern evolutionary perspective. It seeks to identify which human psychological traits are evolved adaptations – that is, the functional products of natural selection or sexual selection

The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are - The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology
Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind
The Evolution Of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
The Selfish Gene
The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature
Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality
How the Mind Works
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
ADAPTED MIND: EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture
The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation
Why Women Have Sex: Understanding Sexual Motivations - From Adventure to Revenge
Why Buddhism Is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
The Righteous Mind by Jonathan HaidtChoice, Compulsion, Consequences ... Doubting Free Will & Emb... by Judith HerzfeldThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Moral Animal by Robert  WrightOur Inner Ape by Frans de Waal
The Psychology of Morality
84 books — 67 voters
Self-Compassion by Kristin NeffNonviolent Communication by Marshall B. RosenbergBuddha's Brain by Rick     HansonAltruism by Matthieu RicardMindful Compassion by Paul A. Gilbert
Compassion Training
83 books — 26 voters

The Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Blank Slate by Steven PinkerThe Evolution Of Desire by David M. BussEvolutionary Psychology by David M. BussThe Moral Animal by Robert  Wright
Evolutionary Psychology
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Abhijit Naskar
“ We invent gods when we feel helpless, we invent weapons when we’re scared, we invent poetry when we’re inspired, we invent politics when we want control. ”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

Katerina Kostaki
“ What is the Conscious leap? Conscious leap is a term that refers to a process of change. It specifies a particular point in the process where a change cannot be undone or reversed. The leap is the singularity point ,the point of no return. It will be a fundamental change in everybody's way of living. Not everybody will remain alive during this turbulent phase. Thought of the Day ...more ”
― Katerina Kostaki, Cosmic Light

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