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Author Fine, Cordelia.

Title A mind of its own : how your brain distorts and deceives / Cordelia Fine.

Imprint New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  150 F493m 2006    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description viii, 243 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-231) and index.
Contents The vain brain : for a softer, kinder reality -- The emotional brain : sweaty fingers in all the pies -- The immoral brain : the terrible toddler within -- The deluded brain : a slapdash approach to the truth -- The pigheaded brain : loyalty a step too far -- The secretive brain : exposing the guile of the mental butler -- The weak-willed brain : the prima donna within -- The bigoted brain : "Thug-- tart-- slob-- nerd-- airhead" -- Epilogue: the vulnerable brain.
Subject Self-deception.
Deception.
Brain -- physiology.
Emotions.
Mental Processes.
ISBN 0393062139 (hardcover)
9780393062137 (hardcover)
Standard No. YDXCP 2270268
IG# 0393062139
NZ1 9669904
NLM 101319188

 
    
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