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  • The Human Mind

  • A Brief Tour of Everything We Know
  • By: Paul Bloom
  • Narrated by: Graham Halstead
  • Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (33 ratings)

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Are you a human? Do you have a mind? Then this book is for you.

Nothing is more familiar and yet less understood than the human mind. It defines the experience of being human, and yet its workings contain some of the deepest mysteries ever encountered. Written by one of the world's greatest teachers of psychology, The Human Mind provides a masterful and riveting guide to all that we have learned since modern science began probing those mysteries.

How does a three-pound lump of grey-ish meat give rise to conscious experience?

What is the function of emotions such as disgust, gratitude and shame?

How do our biases affect us and how can we overcome them?

How does the mind of a child differ from that of an adult?

How does memory work? What causes mental illness?

Are we rational? Are we all a little bit racist?

What makes us kind? What makes us cruel?

What makes us happy?

Many of these questions now have answers; many others don't yet; many widely accepted theories are probably wrong. This book takes us to the very limits of what is known. It shines new light on all that you take most for granted: everything you think and feel, everything you say and do, everything that makes you you.

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©2023 Paul Bloom (P)2023 Penguin Audio
Genetics Social Psychology & Interactions Mental Health Young Adult
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The story of the human mind as told by psychology's best storyteller ... a fantastic journey (DANIEL GILBERT, author of Stumbling on Happiness)
An extraordinary book that absolutely delivers on its sweeping ambitions. Every chapter here - on topics ranging from Freud to the mysteries of consciousness, from intergroup conflict to the meaning of life - feels like having the mind's complexities untangled by a witty, eloquent and deeply knowledgeable friend (OLIVER BURKEMAN, author of Four Thousand Weeks)
Essential reading for anyone who has wondered why people do, feel, and think what they do. Paul Bloom is that rarest of experts - able to tell a story, make it practical, and yet faithfully capture the complexity and nuance of the latest research (ANGELA DUCKWORTH, author of Grit)

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Excellent.

I really enjoyed this book. It is presented as a sort of basic introduction to psychology but I thought it was lot more than, expanding intriguingly into the latest research in neuroscience. It is a really well balanced book with even Freud given serious consideration…is Sigmund now so far out he’s on his way back in again??? Very good reading, too - unfussy and delivered in service to the text. Looking forward to a re-read soon as I’m sure many a fascinating idea passed me by. A+

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Fantastic

Know Paul Bloom through his appearances on Making Sense and found all his books to be great reads. This one feels especially worthy of recommendation; such a tidy summation of where the field is, but for sure this time

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Excellent as an Psychology Intro

I have really enjoed this title. Great voice chosen for narrative, nife to listen to.

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Very influential book

I learnt so much.
It’s definitely a book I’d listen to again.
Given me a better understanding of psychology.

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Excellent outline of Psychology

This book provides an excellent outline of Psychology and its various sub-disciplines. Written in a gently ironic tone, the author is witty, self-deprecating and sincere. Really good book.

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Another quality title from Paul Bloom

Excellent material, and well narrated.
Highly recommended along with his earlier titles, will listen again for sure !

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One to listen and read.

It has so many layers, from just learning some concepts to learning to be a better scientist.

I love that is so well balanced for our current times, without losing it's edge.

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