The well-tuned brain : neuroscience and the life well lived
Whybrow, Peter C2015
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Click and Collect for The well-tuned brain : neuroscience and the life well livedThe Well-Tuned Brain is a call to action. Swept along by the cascading advances of today's technology, most of us take for granted that progress brings improvement. Despite spectacular material advance, however, the evidence grows that we are failing to create a sustainable future for humanity. We are out of tune with the planet that nurtures us. Technology itself is not the problem, as Whybrow explains, but rather our behavior. Throughout its evolution the ancient brain that guides us each day has been focused on short-term survival. But fortunately we are intensely social creatures. Without the caring behaviors that flow from intimate attachments to others, we would be relying on a brain that is only marginally adapted to the complexity of the problems we must now face together.
Main title:
The well-tuned brain : neuroscience and the life well lived / Peter C. Whybrow.
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Imprint:
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2015
Collation:
xiv, 380 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Pt. I Prologue: Who Do You Think You Are? -- ch. 1 Off Balance: Surprised By Affluence -- ch. 2 Habit And Intuition: Tuning The Brain -- ch. 3 Enlightened Experiments: Inventing The Market Society -- ch. 4 Choice: The Brain's Internal Market -- ch. 5 Market Mayhem: Of Museums And Money -- pt. II Prologue: How To Live? -- ch. 6 Love: Weaving The Web Of Trust -- ch. 7 Character: Education And Self-Command -- ch. 8 Habitat: Made To Man's Measure -- ch. 9 Food: The Staff Of Life -- ch. 10 Imagination: The Playful, Creative Brain.
ISBN:
9780393072921
Dewey class:
612.8
Language:
English
BRN:
259153
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Health and Wellbeing | 612.8 WHY | Available |
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