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Social: Why Our Brains are Wired to Connect (Record no. 6319)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780199645046
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Classification number 302.3
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Personal name Lieberman, Matthew D.
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Title Social: Why Our Brains are Wired to Connect
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. United Kingdom;
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Oxford University Press;
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 10 Oct 2013
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Extent 384 Pages;
Other physical details Hardback
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Summary, etc. Why are we influenced by the behaviour of complete strangers? Why does the brain register similar pleasure when I perceive something as 'fair' or when I eat chocolate? Why can we be so profoundly hurt by bereavement? What are the evolutionary benefits of these traits? The young discipline of 'social cognitive neuroscience' has been exploring this fascinating interface between brain science and human behaviour since the late 1990s. Now one of its founding pioneers, Matthew D. Lieberman, presents the discoveries that he and fellow researchers have made. Using fMRI scanning and a range of other techniques, they have been able to see that the brain responds to social pain and pleasure the same way as physical pain and pleasure; and that unbeknown to ourselves, we are constantly 'mindreading' other people so that we can fit in with them. It is clear that our brains are designed to respond to and be influenced by others. For good evolutionary reasons, he argues, we are wired to be social. The implications are numerous and profound. Do we have to rethink what we understand by identity, and free will? How can managers improve the way their teams relate and perform? Could we organize large social institutions in ways that would work far better? And could there be whole new methods of education?
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Cognition & cognitive psychology
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Neurosciences
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Popular science
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    Dewey Decimal Classification       Karachi Karachi Psychology 10/07/2016 5 302.3 PKLC012876 28/09/2022 26/07/2022 10/07/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 8
    Dewey Decimal Classification     Nonfiction Lahore Lahore Psychology 20/04/2016 1 302.3 PKLC013254 10/04/2019 02/04/2019 20/04/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17