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by Dean Buonomano
William Hughes
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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.
- Dean Buonomano - Author
- William Hughes - Narrator
OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781481589017
- File size: 248625 KB
- Release date: July 11, 2011
- Duration: 08:37:58
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- ISBN: 9781481589017
- File size: 248667 KB
- Release date: July 11, 2011
- Duration: 08:37:55
- Number of parts: 10
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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.
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Blackstone Publishing
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UnabridgedOverDrive Listen audiobook
ISBN: 9781481589017
File size: 248625 KB
Release date: July 11, 2011
Duration: 08:37:58
MP3 audiobook
ISBN: 9781481589017
File size: 248667 KB
Release date: July 11, 2011
Duration: 08:37:55
Number of parts: 10
- Creators
- Dean Buonomano - Author
- William Hughes - Narrator
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