Your Brain Is (Almost) Perfect

How We Make Decisions

Read Montague

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Putnam
25 September 2007

Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science

""A fascinating introduction"" (Steven Pinker) to the science of decision-making

One of the leading thinkers in the computational neuroscience revolution offers a brilliant new perspective on the mind?s decision-making process. Why do we make the choices we make? How can science explain free will? If our brains are like slow computers originally programmed for survival with goals like food, water, and sex, why do we make choices that go against our own biological best interests? Where do values come from? What role do emotions play? From how we decide what we consume to the romantic, ethical, and financial choices we make, Read Montague guides readers through a new approach to the mind that is both entertaining and illuminating.

By: Read Montague
Imprint: Putnam
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 205mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 325g
ISBN: 9780452288843
ISBN 10: 0452288843
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 25 September 2007
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Your Brain Is (Almost) Perfect: How We Make Decisions

?A fascinating introduction to an important new area of research in the science of the mind.? ?Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor, Harvard University; The Blank Slate ?Compelling?Montague knows that cool reason is not enough to explain decisions.? ?Antonio Damasio, University of Southern California; author of Descartes? Error ?A gripping story of what makes me, me.? ?Patricia Churchland, MacArthur ?genius? award winner ?I consider Read to be quite exceptional.? ?Francis Crick, Nobel Laureate, co-discoverer of DNA