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The political brain : the role of emotion in deciding the fate of the nation /

This investigation by a renowned psychologist and neuroscientist proves that we vote with our hearts, not our minds. Westen is the lead investigator on a team of neuroscientists who have been studying how the brain processes political information. For two decades he has been advancing a theory of th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Westen, Drew, 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : PublicAffairs, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Winning states of mind
  • Rational minds, irrational campaigns
  • The evolution of the passionate brain
  • The emotions behind the curtain
  • Special interests in mind
  • Trickle-up politics
  • Writing an emotional constitution
  • Aborting ambivalence
  • Gunning for common ground
  • Racial consciousness and unconsciousness
  • Death and taxes
  • Hope, inspiration, and political intelligence
  • Positively negative
  • Terror networks
  • Civil and uncivil unions.