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Your brain is (almost) perfect : how we make decisions
- Title
- Your brain is (almost) perfect : how we make decisions / Read Montague.
- Author
- Montague, Read.
- Publication
- New York : Plume Book, 2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | BF441 .M66 2007 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 335 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- One of the leading thinkers in the computational neuroscience revolution offers a brilliant new perspective on the mind's decision-making process. Why do we make the choices we make? How can science explain free will?
- Alternative Title
- Why choose this book?
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Popular works.
- Note
- Previously published as Why choose this book?
- 其他题名:How We Make Decisions.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Computers that care : how desperation built value into brains -- The brain is (almost) perfect : it's slow, noisy, and imprecise -- My rabbit knows what to do : how planning makes decisions in advance -- Sharks don't go on hunger strikes and why we can -- The value machine and the idea overdose -- The feelings we really treasure : regret and trust -- From Pepsi to terrorism. :how neurons generate preference -- Our choice : it's not your mother's soul, but it's still alive.
- ISBN
- 9780452288843
- 0452288843
- 0525949828
- 9780525949824
- LCCN
- 2006019015
- OCLC
- ocn768488342
- 768488342
- SCSB-8410525
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library