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The Wandering Mind. What the Brain Does When You're Not Looking.
Michael C. Corballis
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Description for The Wandering Mind. What the Brain Does When You're Not Looking.
Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288.
If we've done our job well and, let's be honest, if we're lucky you'll read to the end of this description. Most likely, however, you won't. Somewhere in the middle of the next paragraph, your mind will wander off. Minds wander. That's just how it is. That may be bad news for me, but is it bad news for people in general? Does the fact that as much as fifty percent of our waking hours find us failing to focus on the task at hand represent a problem? Michael Corballis doesn't think so, and with The Wandering Mind, he shows ... Read more
If we've done our job well and, let's be honest, if we're lucky you'll read to the end of this description. Most likely, however, you won't. Somewhere in the middle of the next paragraph, your mind will wander off. Minds wander. That's just how it is. That may be bad news for me, but is it bad news for people in general? Does the fact that as much as fifty percent of our waking hours find us failing to focus on the task at hand represent a problem? Michael Corballis doesn't think so, and with The Wandering Mind, he shows ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226418919
SKU
V9780226418919
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About Michael C. Corballis
Michael Corballis is professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and the author of many books, including A Very Short Tour of the Mind: 21 Short Walks around the Human Brain.
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