The Science of Superstition
How the Developing Brain Creates Supernatural Beliefs - Formerly Titled SuperSense: Why We Believe in the Unbelievable
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“In an account chock full of real-world examples reinforced by experimental research, Hood’s marvelous book is an important contribution to the psychological literature that is revealing the actuality of our very irrational human nature.” — Science In the vein of Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink, Mary Roach’s Spook, and Dan Ariely’s Predictably Irrational, The Science of Superstition uses hard science to explain pervasive irrational beliefs and behaviors: from the superstitious rituals of sports stars, to the depreciated value of houses where murders were committed, to the adoration of Elvis.
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The Science of Superstition, Bruce M. Hood
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- Titel
- The Science of Superstition
- Untertitel
- How the Developing Brain Creates Supernatural Beliefs - Formerly Titled SuperSense: Why We Believe in the Unbelievable
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Bruce M. Hood
- Verlag
- HarperOne
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2010
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 320
- ISBN10
- 0061452653
- ISBN13
- 9780061452659
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Sozialwissenschaften, Esoterik & Religion, Psychologische Thematik, Religiöse Themen, Philosophisches Thema, Religion, Philosophie, Psychologie, Wissenschaft, Kultur und Gesellschaft, Neurowissenschaft
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- “In an account chock full of real-world examples reinforced by experimental research, Hood’s marvelous book is an important contribution to the psychological literature that is revealing the actuality of our very irrational human nature.” — Science In the vein of Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink, Mary Roach’s Spook, and Dan Ariely’s Predictably Irrational, The Science of Superstition uses hard science to explain pervasive irrational beliefs and behaviors: from the superstitious rituals of sports stars, to the depreciated value of houses where murders were committed, to the adoration of Elvis.