Brain Blunders, Peter Hollins
Brain Blunders, Peter Hollins
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Brain Blunders
Uncover Everyday Illusions and Fallacies, Defeat Your Flawed Thinking Habits, And Think Smarter

Author: Peter Hollins

Narrator: Russell Newton

Unabridged: 3 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Peter Hollins

Published: 06/19/2019


Synopsis

We defy common sense and good judgment on a daily basis. Learn to tame your stupid brain.
We reason poorly, think incorrectly, and overlook the truth every single day. We can't be perfect, but at least we can be a little less wrong from time to time.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Stephanie on January 26, 2023

The Fascinating Flaws in Our Brains The author, Peter Hollins, writes about various ways our brains can and have misperceived, misremembered, and erroneously concluded things we would swear we knew to be true. His writing is clear, interesting, and often amusing to engage laymen such as myself. I ho......more

Goodreads review by Henry on August 04, 2019

This book is a short look at how your brain affects your perception. The author outlines the many instances where what you perceive is not really reality. Understanding how this works, allows you to re-examine your own logic and conclusions. I think the author could have provided more examples of ho......more

Goodreads review by Chris on April 11, 2021

I always try to keep a book or two in rotation that reminds me of all of the ways we experience flawed thinking. This was a short book and covered about five or six main topics. It covered a few studies I haven't read about from other books, so that's definitely a plus since I've read so many of the......more

Goodreads review by Edna Wilkerson on February 01, 2021

Self understanding Interesting summary book of thinking and memory. This is written to provide understanding by simplifying complex entities. It would be a good book for young moderately autistic people as well as general population education.......more

Goodreads review by Vicky on November 10, 2019

Nice connection Appreciated the readability and connection between neuroscience and action or inaction. Helps one to stop and think, why am I reacting this way.......more