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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Blackstone Audio Inc
Publication date
July 11, 2011
Binding
CD/Spoken Word
Edition
Mp3 una
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781455111299
ISBN-10
1455111295
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.50 by 8 in.
Weight
0.25 lbs.
Original list price
$29.95
Other format details
audio
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: [This is the MP3CD audiobook format.]
A lively, surprising tour of our mental glitches and how they arise.
With its trillions of connections, the human brain is more beautiful and complex than anything we could ever build, but it's far from perfect: our memory is unreliable; we can't multiply large sums in our heads; advertising manipulates our judgment; we tend to distrust people who are different from us; supernatural beliefs and superstitions are hard to shake; we prefer instant gratification to long-term gain; and what we presume to be rational decisions are often anything but. Drawing on striking examples and fascinating studies, neuroscientist Dean Buonomano illuminates the causes and consequences of these ''bugs'' in terms of the brain's innermost workings and their evolutionary purposes. He then goes one step further, examining how our brains function--and malfunction--in the digital, predator-free, information-saturated, special-effects-addled world that we have built for ourselves. Along the way, Brain Bugs gives us the tools to hone our cognitive strengths while recognizing our inherent weaknesses.
A lively, surprising tour of our mental glitches and how they arise.
With its trillions of connections, the human brain is more beautiful and complex than anything we could ever build, but it's far from perfect: our memory is unreliable; we can't multiply large sums in our heads; advertising manipulates our judgment; we tend to distrust people who are different from us; supernatural beliefs and superstitions are hard to shake; we prefer instant gratification to long-term gain; and what we presume to be rational decisions are often anything but. Drawing on striking examples and fascinating studies, neuroscientist Dean Buonomano illuminates the causes and consequences of these ''bugs'' in terms of the brain's innermost workings and their evolutionary purposes. He then goes one step further, examining how our brains function--and malfunction--in the digital, predator-free, information-saturated, special-effects-addled world that we have built for ourselves. Along the way, Brain Bugs gives us the tools to hone our cognitive strengths while recognizing our inherent weaknesses.
Editions
Hardcover
from W W Norton & Co Inc (July 11, 2011)
9780393076028 | details & prices | 310 pages | 6.50 × 9.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $25.95
Paperback
Reprint edition from W W Norton & Co Inc (August 6, 2012)
9780393342222 | details & prices | 310 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.56 lbs | List price $16.95
CD/Spoken Word
With William Hughes (other contributor) |
Com/cdr un edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (July 11, 2011)
9781455111282 | details & prices | 5.25 × 6.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $29.95
About: A lively, surprising tour of our mental glitches and how they arise.
About: A lively, surprising tour of our mental glitches and how they arise.
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Mp3 una edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (July 11, 2011)
9781455111299 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.25 lbs | List price $29.95
About: [This is the MP3CD audiobook format.
About: [This is the MP3CD audiobook format.
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