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008 | 160415s2016 nyu b 001 0 eng | ||
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020 | _a9780393253788 (hardcover) | ||
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_aQP411 _b.B867 2016 |
100 | 1 | _aBurnett, Dean. | |
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_aIdiot brain _b: what your head is really up to _c/ Dean Burnett. |
250 | _aFirst American edition. | ||
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_aNew York : _bW.W. Norton & Company, _c2016. |
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_a328 pages ; _c25 cm |
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504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 305-320) and index. | ||
505 | 0 | _aIntroduction -- Mind controls : how the brain regulates the body, and usually makes a mess of things -- Memories are made of this (some assembly required) : the human memory system, and its strange features -- We have nothing to fear but fear itself, and clowns : the many ways in which the brain makes us constantly scared -- Think you're clever, do you? : the baffling and complex science of intelligence -- You see this chapter coming? : the haphazard properties of the brain's observational systems -- You say you have a 'great personality', but how can you be sure? : the complex and confusing properties of personality -- Group hug! : how the brain is influenced by other people -- When the brain breaks down ... mental health problems, and how they come about -- Afterword. | |
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_aConsciousness _vPopular works. |
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_aBrain _vPopular works. |
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_aNeurosciences _vPopular works. |
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_aMemory _vPopular works. |
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