
The Domesticated Brain
A Pelican Introduction
Bruce Hood(Author)
Pelican (Publisher)
Published on 1. May 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-14-197486-6 (ISBN)
Description
Why do we care what others think?
What keeps us bound together?
How does the brain shape our behaviour?
Bruce Hood is an award-winning psychologist who has researched and taught at Cambridge and Harvard Universities and is currently Director of the Cognitive Development Centre at the University of Bristol. He delivered the Royal Institution's Christmas Lectures in 2011 and is the author of The Self Illusion and Supersense, described by New Scientist as 'important, crystal clear and utterly engaging'.
What keeps us bound together?
How does the brain shape our behaviour?
Bruce Hood is an award-winning psychologist who has researched and taught at Cambridge and Harvard Universities and is currently Director of the Cognitive Development Centre at the University of Bristol. He delivered the Royal Institution's Christmas Lectures in 2011 and is the author of The Self Illusion and Supersense, described by New Scientist as 'important, crystal clear and utterly engaging'.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 181 mm
Width: 111 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
204 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-197486-6 (9780141974866)
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05/2014
Pelican
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Person
Bruce Hood is a professor of Developmental Psychology in Society at the University of Bristol and the author of SuperSense, The Self Illusion and The Domesticated Brain. He is an elected Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, the British Psychology Society and the Royal Institution of Great Britain.