Filled with fascinating characters, dramatic storytelling, and cutting-edge science, this is an engrossing exploration of the secrets our brains keep from us—and how they are revealed.
The Hidden Brain by"Shankar Vedantam"
The hidden brain is the voice in our ear when we make the most important decisions in our lives—but we’re never aware of it. The hidden brain decides whom we fall in love with and whom we hate. It tells us to vote for the white candidate and convict the dark-skinned defendant, to hire the thin woman but pay her less than the man doing the same job. It can direct us to safety when disaster strikes and move us to extraordinary acts of altruism. But it can also be manipulated to turn an ordinary person into a suicide terrorist or a group of bystanders into a mob. In a series of compulsively readable narratives, Shankar Vedantam journeys through the latest discoveries in neuroscience, psychology, and behavioral science to uncover the darkest corner of our minds and its decisive impact on the choices we make as individuals and as a society. Filled with fascinating characters, dramatic storytelling, and cutting-edge science, this is an engrossing exploration of the secrets our brains keep from us—and how they are revealed.
The Hidden Brain
By:"Shankar Vedantam"
Published on 2010-01-19 by Spiegel & Grau
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Ebook Title : The Hidden Brain
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ISBN_13 Code : 9781588369390
ISBN_10 Code : 1588369390
Book Print Type : BOOK
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Book Author :"Shankar Vedantam"
Publisher : Spiegel & Grau
Book Pages Count : 288
Print Type : BOOK
Book's Categories :"Social Science"
Books Language : en
Text to Speech Access : ALLOWED_FOR_ACCESSIBILITY
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