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Emotional : how feelings shape our thinking / Leonard Mlodinow.

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"For millennia, we have viewed thinking and feeling as fundamentally opposed processes. According to this persistent, age-old belief, to truly live well we must marshal our logical and rational capacities to master our emotions. This perceived dichotomy lies at the heart of our historical pursuits in theology, philosophy, and psychology. But extraordinary advances in psychology and neuroscience, including neuroimaging and other related technologies, have cast doubt upon this traditional conception and led to a revolution in the science of emotions. In Emotion, Leonard Mlodinow takes us on a captivating journey to the frontier of this new field. Here, we discover that a surprising variety of animals experience emotion-even creatures as simple as fruit flies and bees. We ponder the evolutionary purpose of emotion and the role it plays in our brains. We venture into the labs of pioneering scientists, some who have made incredible contributions in neuroscience and others who have flirted with disaster. We enter the high-stakes world of finance and see how emotion affects decision making on the trading room floor. What emerges from our investigations is that we have long fundamentally misunderstood the role of emotions in our lives. Contrary to ancient wisdom, we begin to see that emotions aren't an obstacle to our incredible human ability to reason, but are an integral component of it"-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9781524747596
  • ISBN: 1524747599
  • Physical Description: xvii, 250 pages : illustrations, charts ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, [2022]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-230) index.
Subject: Emotions.
Reason.

Available copies

  • 15 of 16 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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  • 0 current holds with 16 total copies.
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Abington Community Library 152.4 MLODINO (Text) 50687011767269 Adult Nonfiction Available -
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Gettysburg Library 152.4 MLODINOW (Text)
Endowment: Elizabeth Scott Named Endowment, 2022
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Hollidaysburg Area Public Library 152.4 Mlo 2022 (Text) 10HOL000476611 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Indian Valley Public Library 152.4 Mlodinow Science (Text) 39427103629994 Nonfiction Room: Adult Nonfiction Available -
Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity 152.4 MLO 2022 (Text)
Donated: Donated by Tara Capecci, 2022
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Parkland Community Library 152.4 MLO (Text) 34422007236389 Adult Nonfiction Checked Out 04/12/2024
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