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Brain Bugs: How the Brain's Flaws Shape Our Lives

By Dean Buonomano

Book information

Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Year
2012
ISBN
978-0-393-08195-4, 0393081958, 9780393076028
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
631 kB (646408 bytes)
Pages
310\0
Time added
2019-09-24 23:56:20
Brain;Physiology;Memory;Physiological aspects;Hirn

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. Abstract: "Excellent. . . . [Buonomano] reveals the intricate limitations and blessings of the most complex device in the known universe."-The Atlantic  Read more... Content: 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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