Books on Psychology

Keith Oatley (1972). Brain Mechanisms and Mind. London: Thames & Hudson. (Reviewed e.g. Nature, 239, 473. Translated into Portuguese and Japanese.)

Keith Oatley (1978). Perceptions and Representations: The Theoretical Bases of Brain Research. London: Methuen; and New York: Free Press. (Reviewed e.g. Contemporary Psychology, 25, 445-448; American Scientist, 68, March 1980, The Literary Review, Feb 1980, Australian Journal of Psychology, 1979. Translated into Italian, Bologna: Il Mulino.).

Keith Oatley (1984). Selves in Relation: An Introduction to Psychotherapy and Groups. London: Methuen. (Reviewed e.g. British Journal of Medical Psychology 1985, British Journal of Social Work, 1985, Behaviour Research and Therapy 1985 ).

Keith Oatley (1992). Best Laid Schemes: The Psychology of Emotions. New York: Cambridge University Press. (Reprinted 1994; reviewed e.g. Contemporary Sociology, Nov. 1992; Choice, 1993; Times Higher Education Supplement, 1993; Cognition & Emotion, Jan. 1994. Translated into Italian, by Il Mulino, Bologna (1997).

Keith Oatley & Jennifer M. Jenkins (1996). Understanding emotions. Malden, MA, and Oxford, UK: Blackwell (Reviewed, eg. BPPS Quarterly, March 1997; Contemporary Psychology, 1997, 42, pp.992-993). Translated into Hungarian (2001) under the title Érzelmeink, Budapest: Osiris, and into Croatian (2003), under the title Razumijevanje Emocija, Zagreb: Naklada Slap; into Polish (2003) under the title: Zrozumiec Emocje, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Pwn, into Greek (2004) under the title Synkinisi: Erminia & Katanoisi Athens: Papazissis.

Keith Oatley, Dacher Keltner & Jennifer M. Jenkins (2006). Understanding emotions, Second edition.

Malden, MA, and Oxford, UK: Blackwell.

Keith Oatley (2004). Emotions: A brief history.

Malden, MA: Blackwell.

Translated into Serbian, by Clio, Belgrade (2006), and into Italian, by Il Mulino, Bologna (2007).

(Reviewed PsycCRITIQUES. Literary Review of Canada).

Dacher Keltner, Keith Oatley & Jennifer M. Jenkins (2019).

Understanding emotions, Fourth edition.

Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Keith Oatley (2011) Such stuff as dreams: The psychology of fiction

Oxford: Wiley Blackwell.

"Like the best fiction, this insightful book illuminates fundamental truths about our minds, relationship, emotions, creativity, and how these come together to form stories with lasting impact. It is an engaging, wide-ranging, and scientifically-grounded journey from fiction's roots in childhood through its continuing role in our lives. Professor Oatley is the perfect guide through the psychology of fiction: he combines the deep expertise of a scholar and the passion of a lifelong reader with a writer's touch. This book is a delightful and thought-provoking read for anyone interested in literature, how it works, and why it is so important to the human experience." - Melanie Green, Professor of Psychology, State University of New York, Buffalo.

Keith Oatley (2018) Our minds, our selves: A brief history of psychology

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

"Our minds, our selves, transforms the history of the mind ... Keith Oatley brilliantly brings us into a new era in psychology" Jeannette Haviland-Jones. "This might be the best introduction to the history of psychology I know." Michael Tomasello.

Edited books

Oatley, K. (Ed.) (1988). Cognitive science and the understanding of emotions (Special issue of Cognition and Emotion). Hove: Erlbaum.

Stein, N. L. & Oatley, K. (Eds.) (1992). Basic emotions. (Special issue of Cognition and Emotion). Hove: Erlbaum.

Jenkins, J.M., Oatley, K. & Stein, N.L. (1998). Human Emotions: A reader. Oxford: Blackwell (with 60 pages of specially written introductions and commentary).