The believing brain: from ghosts and gods to politics and conspiracies ; how we construct beliefs and reinforce them as truths

Shermer demonstrates how our brains selectively assess data in an attempt to confirm the conclusions (beliefs) we've already reached. Drawing on evolution, cognitive science, and neuroscience, he considers not only supernatural beliefs but political and economic ones as well

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Main Author: Shermer, Michael 1954- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New York, NY Times Books 2011
In:Year: 2011
Edition:1. ed.
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Faith / Religious psychology
Further subjects:B Cognitive neuroscience
B Belief and doubt
B Knowledge, Theory of
Online Access: Auszug (Verlag)
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