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How we decide / Jonah Lehrer.

By: Lehrer, Jonah.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009Description: xvii, 302 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780618620111 (hbk.); 0618620117.Subject(s): Decision makingOnline resources: Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Sample text
Contents:
Introduction -- The quarterback in the pocket -- The predictions of dopamine -- Fooled by a feeling -- The uses of reason -- Choking on thought -- The moral mind -- The brain is an argument -- The poker hand -- Coda.
Summary: Offers a fascinating look at the new science of decision-making--and how it can help us make better choices.
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General Circulation Books General Circulation Books Staff Office Non-fiction BF448 .L45 2009 (Browse shelf) Available MK-SCHOOL OF GRADUATE AND ADVANCED STUDIES
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [274]-287) and index.

Introduction -- The quarterback in the pocket -- The predictions of dopamine -- Fooled by a feeling -- The uses of reason -- Choking on thought -- The moral mind -- The brain is an argument -- The poker hand -- Coda.

Offers a fascinating look at the new science of decision-making--and how it can help us make better choices.

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