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The extended mind : the power of thinking outside the brain  Cover Image Book Book

The extended mind : the power of thinking outside the brain / Annie Murphy Paul.

Paul, Annie Murphy, (author.).

Summary:

Unearthing the untold history of how artists, scientists and authors have used mental extensions to solve, discover and create, an acclaimed science journalist presents a dramatic new view of how our minds work, offering practical advice on how we can all think better.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780544947665
  • ISBN: 0544947665
  • Physical Description: xiii, 338 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-329) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part I: thinking with our bodies. Thinking with sensations ; Thinking with movement ; Thinking with gesture -- Part II: thinking with our surroundings.Thinking with natural spaces ; Thinking with built spaces ; Thinking with the space of ideas -- Part III: thinking with our relationships. Thinking with experts ; Thinking with peers ; Thinking with groups.
Subject: Mind and body.
Thought and thinking.
Cognition.

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Prologue vii
Introduction: Thinking Outside the Brain 1(20)
PART I THINKING WITH OUR BODIES
1 Thinking with Sensations
21(23)
2 Thinking with Movement
44(24)
3 Thinking with Gesture
68(23)
PART II THINKING WITH OUR SURROUNDINGS
4 Thinking with Natural Spaces
91(23)
5 Thinking with Built Spaces
114(25)
6 Thinking with the Space of Ideas
139(24)
PART III THINKING WITH OUR RELATIONSHIPS
7 Thinking with Experts
163(24)
8 Thinking with Peers
187(24)
9 Thinking with Groups
211(30)
Conclusion 241(12)
Acknowledgments 253(3)
Notes 256(74)
Index 330


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