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Author Montague, Read.

Title Why choose this book? : how we make decisions / Read Montague.

Imprint New York : Dutton, c2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  153.83 M761w 2006    ---  Available
Description xiii, 335 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-321) and index.
Contents Computers that care : how desperation built value into brains -- The brain is (almost) perfect : it's slow, noisy, and imprecise -- My rabbit knows what to do : how planning makes decisions in advance -- Sharks don't go on hunger strikes and why we can -- The value machine and the idea overdose -- The feelings we really treasure : regret and trust -- From Pepsi to terrorism. :how neurons generate preference -- Our choice : it's not your mother's soul, but it's still alive.
Subject Choice (Psychology)
Decision making.
ISBN 0525949828 (hardcover)
9780525949824 (hardcover)
Standard No. 9780525949824
YDXCP 2430835

 
    
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