The mind is flat
the remarkable shallowness of the improvising brain
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Word Count
62,750 words, Guess
Page Count
251 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-10030023872X
- ISBN-139780300238723
- Library of Congress Control Number2018941452
- OCLC Control Number1026340024
- OCLC Control Number1047729256
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780300238723
- Open LibraryOL26975977M
Classifications
- DDC153
- LCCBF311 .C497 2018b
- LCCBF311 .C497 2018e
and 1 more
- LCCBF311
Alternate Titles
- Remarkable shallowness of the improvising brain
Description
"Psychologists and neuroscientists struggle with how best to interpret human motivation and decision making. The assumption is that below a mental "surface" of conscious awareness lies a deep and complex set of inner beliefs, values, and desires that govern our thoughts, ideas, and actions, and that to know this depth is to know ourselves. In this profoundly original book, behavioral scientist Nick Chater contends just the opposite: rather than being the plaything of unconscious currents, the brain generates behaviors in the moment based entirely on our past experiences. Engaging the reader with eye-opening experiments and visual examples, the author first demolishes our intuitive sense of how our mind works, then argues for a positive interpretation of the brain as a ceaseless and creative improviser"--Jacket.
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