The biased mind : how evolution shaped our psychology including anecdotes and tips for making sound decisions /: how evolution shaped our psychology including anecdotes and tips for making sound decisions. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jérôme Boutang, Michel De Lara.
• Authors: Boutang, Jérôme; Lara, Michel De
• Contents: Introduction -- Embark on the mind tour -- Better be paranoid to survive -- We like things the way they are -- Our detective mind grasps clues and narrates -- Images call more to mind than words and numbers -- How to balance pros and cons and other helpful hints -- I frame, you're framed -- Epilogue: does it really pay to weigh up our biases.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 153.42; Popular works; Thought and thinking; SCIENCE -- Cognitive Science; Thought and thinking; Psychology -- Cognitive Psychology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General; Science -- System Theory; Cognition & cognitive psychology; Animal behaviour; Social research & statistics; Psychology; Consciousness; Animal behavior; Psychology -- General; Popular psychology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319165196; 3319165194
• Related ISBNs: 9783319165189; 3319165186
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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