Impulse : : Why We Do What We Do Without Knowing Why We Do It / / David Lewis.
Impulse explores what people do despite knowing better, along with snap decisions that occasionally enrich their lives. This eye-opening account looks at two kinds of thinking--one slow and reflective, the other fast but prone to error--and shows how our mental tracks switch from the first to the se...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013] ©2013 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (332 p.) :; 17 halftones, 1 table |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Impulse That Saved My Life -- Chapter 2. Impulses and Your Zombie Brain -- Chapter 3. Inside the Impulsive Brain -- Chapter 4. The Teenage Brain – A Work in Progress -- Chapter 5. Impulse and the Senses -- Chapter 6. The Power of the Visual -- Chapter 7. Impulses and the Risk-Taking Personality -- Chapter 8. The Love Impulse – ‘It Only Takes a Moment’ -- Chapter 10. The Overeating Impulse – Digging Our Graves with Our Teeth -- Chapter 10. The Buying Impulse – The How and Why of What We Buy -- Chapter 11. The Imitation Impulse – ‘A Beautiful Place to Die’ -- Chapter 12. Deplete Us Not Into Temptation -- Afterword: Free Will Is a Grand Illusion -- Notes and References -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | Impulse explores what people do despite knowing better, along with snap decisions that occasionally enrich their lives. This eye-opening account looks at two kinds of thinking--one slow and reflective, the other fast but prone to error--and shows how our mental tracks switch from the first to the second, leading to impulsive behavior. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674729902 9783110317350 9783110317121 9783110317114 9783110442205 |
DOI: | 10.4159/harvard.9780674729902 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | David Lewis. |