Pieces of Mind: 21 Short Walks Around the Human Brain
Do we have bigger brains than dolphins? Does your dog remember where it buried its bone? Why don't sheep laugh or gorillas lie? Why do we remember faces but not names? In 21 short walks around the human brain, acclaimed psychologist Michael Corballis answers these and other quest... read full description below.
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| Interest Age |
Young Adults |
| Reading Age |
Young Adults |
| NBS Text |
Popular Science |
| ONIX Text |
General/trade |
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| Number of Pages |
112 |
| Dimensions |
Width: 140mm
Height: 190mm
Spine: 7mm |
| Weight |
145g |
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| Dewey Code |
612.82 |
| Catalogue Code |
217698 |
Description of this Book
Do we have bigger brains than dolphins? Does your dog remember where it buried its bone? Why don't sheep laugh or gorillas lie? Why do we remember faces but not names? In 21 short walks around the human brain, acclaimed psychologist Michael Corballis answers these and other questions by introducing us to what we've learned about the human mind in the last fifty years. Corballis leads us through behavioural experiments and neuroscience, cognitive theory and Darwinian evolution, puncturing a few hot-air balloons ( You only use 10 per cent of your brain! Unleash the creativity of your right brain! ) along the way. At one time or another, we've all wished that we could get inside someone else's head. Here's how.
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Author's Bio
Michael C Corballis is Professor Emeritus in psychology, at The University of Auckland. He has written widely in scientific journals and general market magazines and newspapers. He is the author, most recently, of The Recursive Mind: The Origins of Human Language, Thought and Civilization (Princeton University Press). An outstanding science communicator, reviewers have hailed Corballis for telling a captivating story (New York Times) with writing that is informative and entertaining (American Scientist).
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