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Johnson, Steven

 
9780743241656: Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life
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ISBN 10 : 0743241657 ISBN 13 : 9780743241656
Editeur : Scribner, 2004

Synopsis

Book by Johnson Steven

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In this nationally bestselling, compulsively readable account of what makes brain science a vital component of people's quest to know themselves, acclaimed science writer Steven Johnson subjects his own brain to a battery of tests to find out what's really going on inside. He asks:

  • How do we "read" other people?

  • What is the neurochemistry behind love and sex?

  • What does it mean that the brain is teeming with powerful chemicals closely related to recreational drugs?

  • Why does music move us to tears?

  • Where do breakthrough ideas come from?

Johnson answers these and many more questions arising from the events of our everyday lives. You do not have to be a neuroscientist to wonder, for example, why do you smile? And why do you sometimes smile inappropriately, even if you don't want to? How do others read your inappropriate smile? How does such interplay occur neurochemically, and what, if anything, can you do about it?
Fascinating and rewarding, Mind Wide Open speaks to brain buffs, self-obsessed neurotics, barstool psychologists, mystified parents, grumpy spouses, exasperated managers, and anyone who enjoys speculating and gossiping about the motivations and behaviors of other human beings. Steven Johnson shows us the transformative power of understanding brain science and offers new modes of introspection and tools for better parenting, better relationships, and better living.

Revue de presse

"Mind Wide Open is a lucid and engaging travelogue from the frontiers of human brain science."
-- Steven Pinker, author of The Blank Slate and How the Mind Works

"Celebrates the brain's complexity and wonder even as it demonstrates that you can get to know your mind better than you ever thought."
-- Kirkus Reviews

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Éditeur
Scribner
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0743241657
ISBN 13 
9780743241656
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
288
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9780743241663: Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life

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ISBN 10 :  0743241665 ISBN 13 :  9780743241663
Editeur : Scribner, 2005
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