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Impulse : why we do what we do without knowing why we do it / David Lewis.
- 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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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | BF575.I46 L49 2013 | Off-site |
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.
- Subject
- Impulse
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- 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 -- Impulse 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.
- ISBN
- 9780674725492 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2013012499
- OCLC
- 838201394
- SCSB-12632761
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library