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040			_aCvSU-CCAT Campus Library. _bEnglish. _cCvSU-CCAT Campus Library. _erda.
050			_aCIR QP360.5 _bP56 1997
100			_aPinker, Steven, _d1954- _913830
245			_aHow the mind works / _cSteven Pinker.
260			_aNew York : _bW.W. Norton, _c©1997
300			_axii, 660 pages : _billustrations ; _c25 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 589-625) and index
505			_aStandard equipment -- Thinking machines -- Revenge of the nerds -- The mind's eye -- Good ideas -- Hotheads -- Family values -- The meaning of life
520			_aIn this book a cognitive scientist explains how the brain evolved to store and use information, allowing our ancestors to control their environment, and why we think and act as we do. He explains what the mind is, how it evolved, and how it allows us to see, think, feel, laugh, interact, enjoy the arts, and ponder the mysteries of life. This work explains many of the imponderables of everyday life. Why does a face look more attractive with makeup? How do "Magic-Eye" 3-D stereograms work? Why do we feel that a run of heads makes the coin more likely to land tails? Why is the thought of eating worms disgusting? Why do men challenge each other to duels and murder their ex-wives? Why are children bratty? Why do fools fall in love? Why are we soothed by paintings and music? And why do puzzles like the self, free will, and consciousness leave us dizzy? The arguments in the book are as bold as its title. The author rehabilitates unfashionable ideas, such as that the mind is a computer, and that human nature was shaped by natural selection. And he challenges fashionable ones, such as that passionate emotions are irrational, that parents socialize their children, that creativity springs from the unconscious, that nature is good and modern society corrupting, and that art and religion are expressions of our higher spiritual yearnings.
546			_aIn English text.
650			_aCognitive neuroscience _913831
650			_aNeuropsychology _913832
650			_aNatural selection _913833
650			_aHuman evolution _913834
650			_aPsychology _9994
650			_aEvolution (Biology) _913835
942			_cBK _hQP360.5 _iP56 1997 _kCIR _2lcc
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