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A mind of its own : how your brain distorts and deceives
- Title
- A mind of its own : how your brain distorts and deceives / Cordelia Fine.
- Author
- Fine, Cordelia.
- Publication
- Thriplow, Cambridge : Icon, 2007.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 18-2219 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- viii, 246 pages; 20 cm
- Summary
- 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.
- Subject
- Note
- Previous edition: Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, 2005; Thriplow: Icon, 2006.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The vain brain : for a softer, kinder reality -- The emotional brain : sweaty fingers in all the pies -- The immoral brain : the terrible toddler within -- The deluded brain : a slapdash approach to the truth -- The pigheaded brain : loyalty a step too far -- The secretive brain : exposing the guile of the mental butler -- The weak-willed brain : the prima donna within -- The bigoted brain : "Thug -- tart -- slob -- nerd -- airhead" -- Epilogue: the vulnerable brain.
- Call Number
- JFD 18-2219
- ISBN
- 1840467983
- 9781840467987
- OCLC
- 72868738
- Author
- Fine, Cordelia.
- Title
- A mind of its own : how your brain distorts and deceives / Cordelia Fine.
- Imprint
- Thriplow, Cambridge : Icon, 2007.
- Edition
- New ed.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 18-2219