Brainwashed Free

Author: Sally Satel
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Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B00B3M3WVS
Category: Medical

Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience

In recent years, the advent of MRI technology seems to have unlocked the secrets of the human mind, revealing the sources of our deepest desires, intentions, and fears. Download Brainwashed medical books for free.
As renowned psychiatrist and scholar Sally Satel and psychologist Scott O. Lilienfeld demonstrate in Brainwashed, however, the explanatory power of brain scans in particular and neuroscience more generally has been vastly overestimated. Although acknowledging its tremendous potential, the authors argue that the overzealous application of the burgeoning field of brain science has put innocent people in jail, prevented addicts from healing themselves, and undermined notions of free will and responsibility.

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