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Impulse : why we do what we do without knowing why we do it
- Title
- Impulse : why we do what we do without knowing why we do it / David Lewis.
- Author
- Lewis, David, 1942-
- Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013.
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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 16-249 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xxi, 310 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- " ... Explores all the mystifying things people do despite knowing better, from blurting out indiscretions to falling for totally incompatible romantic partners. Informed by the latest research in neuropsychology, this eye-opening account explains why snap decisions so often govern -- and occasionally enrich--our lives."--Publisher.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-296) and index.
- Contents
- The impulse that saved my life -- Impulses and your zombie brain -- Inside the impulsive brain -- The teenage brain : a work in progress -- Impulse and the senses -- The power of the visual -- Impulses and the risk-taking personality -- The love impulse : 'It only takes a moment' -- The overeating impulse : digging our graves with our teeth -- The buying impulse : the how and why of what we buy -- The imitation impulse : 'A beautiful place to die' -- Deplete us not into temptation -- Free will is a grand illusion.
- Call Number
- JFD 16-249
- ISBN
- 9780674725492
- 0674725492
- LCCN
- 2013012499
- 40022749147
- OCLC
- 838201394
- Author
- Lewis, David, 1942-
- Title
- Impulse : why we do what we do without knowing why we do it / David Lewis.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013.
- Edition
- First Harvard University Press edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-296) and index.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40022749147
- Research Call Number
- JFD 16-249