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Call Number

  • 153.83 L524 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.

Physical Description

xvii, 302 p. ; 22 cm.

Summary

Offers a fascinating look at the new science of decision-making--and how it can help us make better choices.

Contents

  • Introduction
  • The quarterback in the pocket
  • The predictions of dopamine
  • Fooled by a feeling
  • The uses of reason
  • Choking on thought
  • The moral mind
  • The brain is an argument
  • The poker hand
  • Coda.

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