Perception: How Our Bodies Shape Our Minds - Couverture rigide

Proffitt, Dennis; Baer, Drake

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1250219116 ISBN 13 : 9781250219114

Editeur : ST MARTINS PR, 2020

Synopsis

A groundbreaking popular psychology book that explores the deep connection between our body and our brain.

Over decades of study, University of Virginia psychologist Dennis Proffitt has shown that we are each living our own personal version of Gulliver’s Travels , where the size and shape of the things we see are scaled to the size of our bodies, and our ability to interact with them. Stairs look less steep as dieters lose weight, baseballs grow bigger the better players hit, hills look less daunting if you’re standing next to a close friend, and learning happens faster when you can talk with your hands.

Written with journalist Drake Baer, Perception marries academic rigor with mainstream accessibility. The research presented and the personalities profiled will show what it means to not only have, but be, your unique human body. The positive ramifications of wing ourselves from this embodied perspective include greater athletic, academic, and professional achievement, more nourishing relationships, and greater personal well-being. The better we can understand what our bodies are —what they excel at, what they need, what they must avoid—the better we can live our lives.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: ST MARTINS PR
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1250219116
• ISBN 13: 9781250219114
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible