Our Minds, Our Selves
Our Minds, Our Selves An original history of psychology told through the stories of its most important breakthroughs--and the men and women who made themIn Our Minds, Our Selves, distinguished…
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Our Minds, Our Selves
An original history of psychology told through the stories of its most important breakthroughs--and the men and women who made themIn Our Minds, Our Selves, distinguished psychologist and writer Keith Oatley provides an engaging, original, and authoritative history of modern psychology told through the stories of its most important breakthroughs and the men and women who made them. Biographical sketches illuminate the thinkers behind key insights: historical figures such as Darwin, Piaget, Skinner, and Turing; leading contemporaries such as Michael Tomasello and Tania Singer; and influential people from other fields, including Margaret Mead, Noam Chomsky, and The book traverses a fascinating terrain: conscious and unconscious knowledge, brain physiology, emotion, mental development, language, memory, mental illness, creativity, human cooperation, and much more.