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A Mind of Its Own Cordelia Fine

A Mind of Its Own By Cordelia Fine

A Mind of Its Own by Cordelia Fine


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A Mind of Its Own Summary

A Mind of Its Own: How Your Brain Distorts and Deceives by Cordelia Fine

THE DAZZLING FIRST BOOK FROM THE WINNER OF THE 2017 ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOKS PRIZE

'A fascinating, funny, disconcerting and lucid book.' Helen Dunmore
'Fine sets out to demonstrate that the human brain is vainglorious and stubborn. She succeeds brilliantly.' Mail on Sunday 'Fine is a cognitive neuroscientist with a sharp sense of humour and an intelligent sense of reality' The Times
Perhaps your brain seems to stumble when faced with the 13 times table, or persistently fails to master parallel parking. But you're in control of it, right?
Sorry. Think again.
Dotted with popular explanations of social psychology research and fascinating real-life examples, A Mind of Its Own tours the less salubrious side of human psychology. Psychologist Cordelia Fine shows that the human brain is in fact stubborn, emotional and deceitful, and teaches you everything you always wanted to know about the brain - and plenty you probably didn't.

A Mind of Its Own Reviews

'Consistently well-written and meticulously researched' -- Alain de Botton * The Sunday Times *
'In breezy demotic, Fine offers an entertaining tour of current thinking' * Telegraph *
'Fine sets out to demonstrate that the human brain is vainglorious and stubborn. She succeeds brilliantly.' * Mail on Sunday *
'This is one of the most interesting and amusing accounts of how we think we think - I think.' * Alexander McCall Smith *
'A fascinating, funny, disconcerting and lucid book ... by the end you'll realise that your brain can (and does) run rings around you.' * Helen Dunmore *
'Fine, a cognitive neuroscientist with a sharp sense of humour and an intelligent sense of reality, slaps an Asbo on the hundred billion grey cells that - literally - have shifty, ruthless, self-serving minds of their own.' * The Times *
'Clear, accessible writing makes her a science writer to watch' * Metro *
'Fine wears her learning lightly, blending facts with humorous observations. The result is a fascinating insight into how our minds work.' * Psychologies *
'A witty survey of psychology experiments demonstrating the depths of our suggestibility, the irrationality of our reasoning and the limits of free will.' * Focus *

About Cordelia Fine

Cordelia Fine is a Professor of the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Melbourne. She is the author of much-acclaimed Delusions of Gender (Icon, 2010) and Testosterone Rex (Icon, 2017).

Additional information

GOR001652084
9781840466782
1840466782
A Mind of Its Own: How Your Brain Distorts and Deceives by Cordelia Fine
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Icon Books
20060112
214
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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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