A Pelican Introduction the Domesticated Brain Paperback by Bruce Hood

Product Details

• Publisher: Pelican (2014-07-01)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 224 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780141974866
• Item Weight: 209.79 grams
• Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.4 x 0.8 cm

Why do we care what others think?
What keeps us bound together?
How does the brain shape our behaviour?


Bruce Hood is an award-winning psychologist who has researched and taught at Cambridge and Harvard Universities and is currently Director of the Cognitive Development Centre at the University of Bristol. He delivered the Royal Institution's Christmas Lectures in 2011 and is the author of The Self Illusion and Supersense, described by New Scientist as 'important, crystal clear and utterly engaging'.

About the Author

Bruce Hood is a professor of Developmental Psychology in Society at the University of Bristol and the author of SuperSense, The Self Illusion and The Domesticated Brain. He is an elected Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, the British Psychology Society and the Royal Institution of Great Britain.