How the Mind Works
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673 pages · Released Jun 2, 2009 · W. W. Norton & Company
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This is a scholarly, adult-level cognitive science textbook by a leading psychologist that explores how the human mind works through evolution, neuroscience, and psychology. The content is purely educational with no violence, offensive language, or mature themes. It is dense, technical, and best suited to older teens or adults with interest in psychology or cognitive science rather than a general audience.
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Explains what the mind is, how it evolved, and how it allows us to see, think, feel, laugh, interact, enjoy the arts, and ponder the mysteries of life. Explains what the mind is, how it evolved, and how it allows us to see, think, feel, laugh, interact, enjoy the arts, and ponder the mysteries of life.
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- Medical
- Philosophy
- Psychology
- Nonfiction
- Neuropsychology
- Cognitive neuroscience
- Natural selection
- Human evolution
- Evolution
- Cognition
- Selection (Genetics)
- Physiology
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ISBN 9780393334777 · W. W. Norton & Company