On Second Thought: Outsmarting Your Mind's Hard-wired Habits

On Second Thought: Outsmarting Your Mind's Hard-wired Habits
ISBN-10
0307461645
ISBN-13
9780307461643
Series
On Second Thought
Category
Psychology
Pages
289
Language
English
Published
2011-09
Publisher
Broadway Books
Author
Wray Herbert

Description

Reveals the evolutionary science behind how and why the human brain makes snap decisions, explaining how biological programming helps and hinders modern lives and how to avoid common mistakes by understanding the factors that prompt biased choices.

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