Cosa rende felice il tuo cervello

Absolutely fascinating book about the brain (and its neurons) and how it affects our personalities and our thinking. It tells us useful so many uselful things that I can't explain them all. Here are a couple. In a political discussion, the one side will maintain adamantly their opinion is the correc Leggi tutto

I had high hopes for this book because the author framed it as "science-help" as opposed to self help. So I was hoping for some specific techniques to help me avoid the cognitive biases he describes. Most of the books is a quite standard description of cognitive biases, and not so bad if you haven't Leggi tutto

With one eye on neuroscience and the other on cognitive psychology, DiSalvo reveals what's "behind the curtain" when it comes to common self-defeating human behaviors. For example, why, if you think you've "blown your diet" by exceeding the calorie limit you set for the day, most likely you'll blow

This book is an addition to the collection of how to hack the aspects of our brains that tend to get us into trouble. DiSalvo is a science writer who has written an accessible "science help" book that should be quite useful to just about anyone. Among the topics discussed are the brain's craving for Leggi tutto

An eye opening read that will have you nodding your head in agreement in every page, thinking, yes, I do that - but this book helps us to understand why we won't admit when we're wrong, or why we see patterns in random events. I enjoyed this book but when I lent it to a friend who didn't have a scie Leggi tutto

I listened to the audiobook, which seems to have been "born audio". I was expecting a mass audience, management/personal development book, the kind produced for businessmen to listen to as they commute. I was pleasantly surprised to find this book to be more in-depth. It covered the work of many beh Leggi tutto

Нито риба, нито рак. Нито сериозно изследване, нито книга за самопомощ, или по-скоро книга за самопомощ с малко терминология за дегизировка и разни не дотам любопитни експерименти. Да, клишетата и стереотипите са мързеливият начин за мозъка да извърши максимум операции с минимум ресурси, поддържайки Leggi tutto

Cool words and phrases I got from this book problematic memes the pleasure of certainty framing bias confirmation bias amygdalae the need for cognitive closure embodied cognition the zeigarnik effect I just need to go through my bookmarks and dog ears to remind myself what they mean. A nice book that basical Leggi tutto