Science of Fear How the Culture of Fear Manipulates Your Brain

Name: Science of Fear How the Culture of Fear Manipulates Your Brain
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ISBN: 9780452295469

ISBN-10: 0452295467

ISBN-13: 9780452295469

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Authors: Daniel Gardner

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A timely and entertaining psychological look at why we’re afraid and what to do about it From terror attacks to bursting real estate bubbles, from crystal meth epidemics to online sexual predators and poisonous toys from China, our list of fears seems to be exploding. Yet we are the safest and healthiest humans in history. Why are we so worried? The Science of Fearis an introduction to the new brain science of risk, dissecting the fears that misguide and manipulate us every day. Award-winning journalist Daniel Gardner demonstrates how irrational fear springs from the ways humans miscalculate risks based on our hunter-gatherer brains. With the exclusive cooperation of risk-science pioneer…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/24/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.53" wide x 8.42" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.748

Daniel Gardner is professor of history at Smith College. He is the author of Learning to Be a Sageand Chu Hsi and the Ta-hsueh: Neo-Confucian Reflection on the Confucian Canon.



Prologue: 1, 595



Prehistoric Refugee



Of Two Minds



The Death of Homo economicus



The Emotional Brain



A Story About Numbers



The Herd Senses Danger



Fear Inc.



All the Fear That's Fit to Print



Crime and Perception



The Chemistry of Fear



Terrified of Terrorism



There's Never Been a Better Time to Be Alive


Afterword


Notes


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index