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Gli inganni della mente: Psicologia delle bugie che raccontiamo a noi stessi by Cordelia Fine
meiiblue's review against another edition
4.0
A very interesting read, I've learned a lot about how my brain works and how it influences the way we perceive the world.
therightprofile's review against another edition
3.0
A fascinating look at the perils of the workings of our brain, based on multiple experiments which are both intriguing and disconcerting. The author refers to real-life examples from her marriage, mentioning her husband and children from time to time. The book is easy to read but feels a little short.
francesmthompson's review against another edition
3.0
The first few chapters of this book are brilliant. Upbeat, enlightening and informative about this crucial muscle. This is not the kind of book I normally read, but from a research perspective (writing character based fiction) I'm very interested in how the brain controls our thoughts and reactions.
However, I believe the editor may have tactically stepped in to pull the strongest chapters to the front as these seemed to be the chapters which held the most weight, offered the most insightful neuro-scientific explanations and firmly set the tone for this book which essentially aims to explain that the reason our brain distorts and deceives is because it's for our own good, i.e. primal survival. No good will come to a person who doesn't think the best of himself or fight off threats which come in the yukky forms of rejection, insult and self-doubt.
While the research is interesting, there are just too many, too similar examples to wade through and this left my brain aching and Fine's points over-laboured.
However, I believe the editor may have tactically stepped in to pull the strongest chapters to the front as these seemed to be the chapters which held the most weight, offered the most insightful neuro-scientific explanations and firmly set the tone for this book which essentially aims to explain that the reason our brain distorts and deceives is because it's for our own good, i.e. primal survival. No good will come to a person who doesn't think the best of himself or fight off threats which come in the yukky forms of rejection, insult and self-doubt.
While the research is interesting, there are just too many, too similar examples to wade through and this left my brain aching and Fine's points over-laboured.
fullybookedsara's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
stevia333k's review against another edition
5.0
This book covers so much! It not only makes Malcolm Gladwell look malicious & mediocre, but it also gives info for mental illness, how power dynamics in experiments have been unethical, ways to resolve these bugs.
The experiments cited... Like apparently the one with the shocking people to death turned out to have bad data based on one reviewer, and so I need to review the other experiments too. That being said, this book wasn't a disinformation piece like Malcolm Gladwell's book.
The book also gives practical illustrations of what's being talked about & I enjoyed that.
The experiments cited... Like apparently the one with the shocking people to death turned out to have bad data based on one reviewer, and so I need to review the other experiments too. That being said, this book wasn't a disinformation piece like Malcolm Gladwell's book.
The book also gives practical illustrations of what's being talked about & I enjoyed that.