New by Winifred Gallagher

New by Winifred Gallagher

Why are we attuned to the latest headline, diet craze, smartphone, and fashion statement?
Why do we relish a change of scene, eye attractive strangers, and develop new interests?
How did homosapiens survive near extinction during an environmental crisis 80,000 years ago, while close cousins very like us died out?
Why is your characteristic reaction to novelty and change they key to your whole personality?
Follow a crawling baby around and you'll see that right from the beginning, nothing excites us more than something new and different. Our unique human brains are biologically primed to engage with and even generate novelty. This 'neophilia' has enabled us to thrive in a world of cataclysmic change, but now we confront an unprecedented deluge of new things-one that shows no sign of slowing. In New acclaimed behavioral science writer Winifred Gallagher, using cutting-edge research and interviews with countless experts, shows us how we can use our adaptive gift to navigate more skillfully through our rapidly changing world by focusing on the new things that really matter.

Home Thinking, Just the Way You Are (a New York Times Notable Book), Working on God, and The Power of Place are among Winifred Gallagher's works. She has contributed to Atlantic Monthly, Rolling Stone, and the New York Times, among other publications. She splits her time between Manhattan and Dubois, Wyoming.

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ISBN 13	9780143123743
ISBN 10	0143123742
Title	New
Author	Winifred Gallagher
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	J.P.Tarcher,U.S./Perigee Bks.,U.S.
Year published	2013-09-24
Number of pages	272
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.