the neuroscience of our addiction to stories Rosenberg, Alexander 1946- creator text bibliography mau Cambridge, Mass The MIT Press 2019 monographic eng

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289 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps. Besotted by stories -- How many times can the German Army play the same trick? -- Why ever did Hitler declare war on the United States? : That's easy to explain, too easy -- Is the theory of mind wired in? -- The natural history of historians -- What exactly was the Kaiser thinking? -- Can neuroscience tell us what Talleyrand meant? -- Talleyrand's betrayal : in inside story -- Jeopardy! "question" : "It shows the theory of mind to be completely wrong" -- The future of an illusion -- Henry Kissinger mind reads his way through the Congress of Vienna -- Guns, germs, steel--and all that -- The Gulag Archipelago and the uses of history -- The back(non)story. Alex Rosenberg. Reprint. Originally published: 2018. Includes bibliographical references and index. Psychohistory Cognitive neuroscience History, Modern Psychological aspects D16.16 .R67 2019 9780262537995 (pbk.) 0262537990 (pbk.) 210223 on1091005727