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Susan Cain is a former corporate lawyer and negotiations consultant -- and a self-described introvert. At least one-third of the people we know are introverts, notes Cain in her new book Quiet.

This speech, recited before court in 1873 is one of the greatest statements ever made on behalf of women's suffrage.

First published in 1845, the Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass became Frederick Douglass's most well known work. It is as the name implies his autobiography.

In this lecture Professor Michael Drout focuses on language as a whole and how it develops and is learned. He points out the amazing ability that children have for speaking and comprehending a language...

This course surveys questions about human behavior and mental life ranging from how you see to why you fall in love.

Self-acceptance is one of our most difficult challenges, no matter how much meditation or therapy we’ve tried.

Twelve Years a Slave is the memoir of a freeborn African American from New York who is kidnapped and sold into slavery.

This course is an introduction to game theory and strategic thinking.

The Charlie Rose Brain Series explores one of sciences final frontiers, the study of the human brain.

Martin Seligman talks about psychology -- as a field of study and as it works one-on-one with each patient and each practitioner. As it moves beyond a focus on disease, what can modern psychology help us to become?