Brainwashed The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience

Name: Brainwashed The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience
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ISBN: 9780465018772

ISBN-10: 0465018777

ISBN-13: 9780465018772

Edition: 2013

Authors: Sally Satel, Scott O. Lilienfeld

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In recent years, the advent of MRI technology seems to have unlocked the secrets of the human mind, revealing the sources of our deepest desires, intentions, and fears. As renowned psychiatrist and scholar Sally Satel and psychologist Scott O. Lilienfeld demonstrate inBrainwashed, however, the explanatory power of brain scans in particular and neuroscience more generally has been vastly overestimated. Although acknowledging its tremendous potential, the authors argue that the overzealous application of the burgeoning field of brain science has put innocent people in jail, prevented addicts from healing themselves, and undermined notions of free will and responsibility.A provocative…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 6/4/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Introduction: Losing Our Minds in the Age of Brain Science



This Is Your Brain on Ahmadinejad: Or What Is Brain Imaging?



The Buyologist Is In: The Rise of Neuromarketing



Addiction and the Brain-Disease Fallacy



The Telltale Brain: Neuroscience and Deception



My Amygdala Made Me Do It: The Trials of Neurolaw



The Future of Blame: Neuroscience and Moral Responsibility


Epilogue: Mind over Gray Matter


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index