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Brain bugs: how the brain's flaws shape our lives

By Dean , Buonomano

Book information

Publisher
W.W. Norton
Year
2012
ISBN
9780393342222, 0393342220
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
15 MB (15846110 bytes)
Pages
310 pages ; 22 cm\9
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Hirnfunktion;Psychologie;Wahrnehmungstäuschung;Bra

Description

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

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