Intelligence in the Flesh: Why Your Mind Needs Your Body Much More Than It Thinks

by Guy Claxton

Book Overview

An enthralling exploration that upends the prevailing view of consciousness and demonstrates how intelligence is literally embedded in the palms of our hands If you think that intelligence emanates from the mind and that reasoning necessitates the suppression of emotion, you'd better think again--or rather not "think" at all. In his provocative new book, Guy Claxton draws on the latest findings in neuroscience and psychology to reveal how our bodies--long...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300208820
• ISBN13: 9780300208825
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.3"