The self illusion : how the social brain creates identity.
Most of us believe that we are an independent, coherent self--an individual inside our head who thinks, watches, wonders, dreams, and makes plans for the future. This sense of our self may seem incredibly real but a wealth of recent scientific evidence reveals that it is not what it seems--it is all...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press, USA,
2012.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Most of us believe that we are an independent, coherent self--an individual inside our head who thinks, watches, wonders, dreams, and makes plans for the future. This sense of our self may seem incredibly real but a wealth of recent scientific evidence reveals that it is not what it seems--it is all an illusion. In The Self Illusion, Bruce Hood reveals how the self emerges during childhood and how the architecture of the developing brain enables us to become social animals dependent on each other. Humans spend proportionally the greatest amount of time in childhood compared to any other animal. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 349 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780199897605 (electronic bk.) 0199897603 (electronic bk.) |