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The mind is flat, the illusion of mental depth and the improvised mind, Nick Chater

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The mind is flat, the illusion of mental depth and the improvised mind, Nick Chater

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The mind is flat

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Nick Chater

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the illusion of mental depth and the improvised mind

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In a radical reinterpretation of how the mind works, an eminent behavioral scientist reveals the illusion of mental depth. Psychologists and neuroscientists struggle with how best to interpret human motivation and decision making. The assumption is that below a mental "surface" of conscious awareness lies a deep and complex set of inner beliefs, values, and desires that govern our thoughts, ideas, and actions, and that to know this depth is to know ourselves. In this profoundly original book, behavioral scientist Nick Chater contends just the opposite: rather than being the plaything of unconscious currents, the brain generates behaviors in the moment based entirely on our past experiences. Engaging the listener with eye-opening experiments, the author first demolishes our intuitive sense of how our mind works, then argues for a positive interpretation of the brain as a ceaseless and creative improviser

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