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A mind of its own : how your brain distorts and deceives

Shows the science behind the amazing ways your brain tricks you in everyday life. This work features stories and revealing psychology. It also includes chapters such as: The Immoral Brain, and The Weak-Willed Brain. 'A fascinating, funny, disconcerting and lucid book.' Helen Dunmore 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 the latest research and fascinating real-life examples, psychologist Cordelia Fine tours t.

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  • "Shows the science behind the amazing ways your brain tricks you in everyday life. This work features stories and revealing psychology. It also includes chapters such as: The Immoral Brain, and The Weak-Willed Brain. 'A fascinating, funny, disconcerting and lucid book.' Helen Dunmore 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 the latest research and fascinating real-life examples, psychologist Cordelia Fine tours t."@en
  • "Fine takes the reader on an entertaining tour of the less salubrious aspects of human psychology. Combining classic psychological studies with the latest research, she explains exactly why your brain operates and responds in the way it does."
  • "Exposing the mind's deceptions and exploring how the mind defends and glorifies the ego, [the author] illustrates the brain's tendency toward self-delusion. Unbeknownst to us, our brain - vain, emotional, immoral, deluded, pigheaded, secretive, weak-willed, and bigoted - pushes, pulls, twists, and warps our perceptions. Whether it be hindsight bias, wishful thinking, unrealistic optimism, or moral excuse-making, each of us has a slew of mind-bugs and ordinary prejudices that prevent us from seeing the truth about the world, the people around us, and ourselves ..."@en
  • "Exposing the mind's deceptions and exploring how the mind defends and glorifies the ego, [the author] illustrates the brain's tendency toward self-delusion. Unbeknownst to us, our brain - vain, emotional, immoral, deluded, pigheaded, secretive, weak-willed, and bigoted - pushes, pulls, twists, and warps our perceptions. Whether it be hindsight bias, wishful thinking, unrealistic optimism, or moral excuse-making, each of us has a slew of mind-bugs and ordinary prejudices that prevent us from seeing the truth about the world, the people around us, and ourselves.-Dust jacket."

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  • "Zhu zai da nao li de ba ge pian zi"
  • "Wissen Sie, was Ihr Gehirn denkt? : Wie in unserem Oberstübchen die Wirklichkeit verzerrt wird ... und warum"
  • "A Mind of its own : how your brain distorts and deceives"
  • "住在大腦裡的八個騙子"
  • "A mind of its own : how your brain distorts and deceives"@en
  • "A mind of its own : how your brain distorts and deceives"
  • "Zhu zai da nao li de ba ge pian zi = A mind of its own"
  • "Wissen Sie, was Ihr Gehirn denkt? wie in unserem Oberstübchen die Wirklichkeit verzerrt wird ... und warum"
  • "Wissen Sie, was Ihr Gehirn denkt? : wie in unserem Oberstübchen die Wirklichkeit verzerrt wird - und warum"
  • "住在大腦裡的八個騙子 = A mind of its own"
  • "Wissen Sie, was Ihr Gehirn denkt? : wie in unserem Oberstübchen die Wirklichkeit verzerrt wird ... und warum"
  • "A Mind of Its Own How Your Brain Distorts and Deceives"
  • "A Mind of Its Own How Your Brain Distorts and Deceives"@en

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