The Believing Brain
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Author:
Michael Shermer
Category:
Psychology
Publisher:
Times Books
Published:
May 24, 2011
ISBN:
0805091254
Pages:
385
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Description:
Shermer demonstrates how our brains selectively assess data in an attempt to confirm the conclusions (beliefs) we’ve already reached. Drawing on evolution, cognitive science, and neuroscience, he considers not only supernatural beliefs but political and economic ones as well.