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Redish, A. David.
The mind within the brain : how we make decisions and how those decisions go wrong / A. David Redish.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary: In The Mind within the Brain, A. David Redish brings together cutting-edge research in psychology,
robotics, economics, neuroscience, and the new fields of neuroeconomics and computational psychiatry,
to offer a unified theory of human decision-making. Most importantly, Redish shows how vulnerabilities, or
“failure modes,” in the decision-making system can lead to serious dysfunctions, such as irrational behavior,
addictions, problem gambling, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Ranging widely from the surprising
roles of emotion, habit, and narrative in decision-making to the larger philosophical questions of how
mind and brain are related, what makes us human, the nature of morality, free will, and the conundrum
of robotics and consciousness, The Mind within the Brain offers fresh insight into some of the most
complex aspects of human behavior.—Provided by publisher.
ISBN 978–0–19–989188–7 (hardback)
1. Decision making. I. Title.
BF448.R43 2013
153.8′3—dc23* 2012046214
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on acid-free paper