Mind Within the Brain: How We Make Decisions and How Those Decisions Go Wrong

by A. David Redish

Book Overview

In The Mind within the Brain, 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 PTSD...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199891885
• ISBN13: 9780199891887
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Oxford Univ PR
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"