Bibliograph

Brain bugs, how the brain's flaws shape our lives, Dean Buonomano

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Label

Brain bugs, how the brain's flaws shape our lives, Dean Buonomano

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-295) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Brain bugs

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

668194830

Responsibility statement

Dean Buonomano

Sub title

how the brain's flaws shape our lives

Summary

Neuroscientist Dean Buonomano illuminates the causes and consequences of the brain's imperfections in terms of its innermost workings and its evolutionary purposes. He then examines how our brains function--and malfunction--in the digital, predator-free, information-saturated, special-effects-addled world we have built for ourselves

Table Of Contents

The memory web -- Memory upgrade needed -- Brain crashes -- Temporal distortions -- Fear factor -- Unreasonable reasoning -- The advertising bug -- The supernatural bug -- Debugging

Target audience

adult

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How the brain's flaws shape our lives

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