Brain briefs : answers to the most (and least) pressing questions about your mind, Art Markman, PhD, and Bob Duke, PhD

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Brain briefs : answers to the most (and least) pressing questions about your mind, Art Markman, PhD, and Bob Duke, PhD

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answers to the most (and least) pressing questions about your mind

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Art Markman, PhD, and Bob Duke, PhD

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• Brain briefs : answers to the most (and least) pressing questions about your mind

Publication

• New York, Sterling, 2016

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• Ã2016

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-271) and index

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Does being open to experience lead to success? -- Can we really make ourselves happy? -- How do we catch a liar? -- Should we play brain games? -- Do stories help us remember? -- Is pain open to interpretation? -- Do schools teach the way children learn? -- Why do tongue twisters work? -- Do we get more done when we multitask? -- Can we be conscientious and creative? -- Is it true that we only use 10 percent of our brains? -- Is our memory doomed to fail? -- Why are continuity errors in movies difficult to catch? -- Are all narcissists alike? -- Does time speed up as we get older? -- Why is forgiveness so powerful? -- Is our thinking ever coherent? -- Are our beliefs consistent with one another? -- Why is it hard to learn a new language? -- Is our right brain different from our left brain? -- How do we overcome writer's block? -- Is failure necessary? -- How much of what we see is real? -- Does punishment work? -- Why are comparisons so helpful? -- Why do people choke under pressure? -- How do we decide what to buy? -- What is the best way to brainstorm? -- Why is online communication so ineffective? -- Is it possible to remember something that didn't happen? -- Is prejudice avoidable? -- What's the best way to deal with life's endless litany of nuisances? -- Is mind reading a necessary skill? -- What are brains for, anyway? -- Does listening to Mozart make us smarter? -- Why are other people such slackers? -- Can delusion be a good thing? -- Why do we call a dog a "dog"? -- Why do we love kitten videos so much? -- Is nostalgia good or bad?

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22 cm

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x, 277 pages

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9781454919070

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372333

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(OCoLC)936350639