Look again the power of noticing what was always there / Tali Sharot and Cass R. Sunstein.
| Author/creator | Sharot, Tali |
| Other author | Sunstein, Cass R. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First One Signal Publishers/Atria Books hardcover edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : One Signal Publishers, Atria, 2024. |
| Description | x, 271 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: How we habituate to everything, all the time -- Part I--Well-being. Happiness : on ice cream, the midlife crisis, and monogamy -- Variety : why you should chop up the good but swallow the bad whole -- Social media : how to wake up from a technologically induced coma -- Resilience : a critical ingredient for a healthy mind -- Part II--Thinking and believing. Creativity : overcoming the habituation of thought -- Lying : how to keep your child from growing a long nose -- (Mis)information : how to make people believe (almost) anything -- Part III--Health and safety. Risk : what Swedes taught us about högertrafikomläggningen -- Environment : you could live next to a pig farm in the South during summer -- Part IV--Society. Progress : breaking the chains of low expectations -- Discrimination : the gentle Jew, the miniskirt-wearing scientist, and the children who were just not cool -- Tyranny : the devastatingly incremental nature of descent into fascism -- Law : putting a price on pain? -- Experiments in living : the future of dishabituation. |
| Abstract | A neuroscience professor and a Harvard law professor team up in this groundbreaking work, based on decades of research in the psychological and biological sciences, that shows how disrupting our routines can lead to seeing, feeling and noticing again--and embracing much-needed change to live happier, more fulfilling lives. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-262) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2024401214 |
| ISBN | 9781668008201 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1668008203 (hardcover) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |