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Brain Fiction: Self-Deception and the Riddle of Confabulation

Contributor(s): Hirstein, William (Author)

ISBN: 9780262582711

Publisher: Bradford Book

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Pub Date: August 11, 2006

Dewey: 615.8584

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: 18 to UP

Physical Info: 0.66" H x 9.00" L x 6.04" W ( 0.91 lbs) 302 pages

Series: Philosophical Psychopathology

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Description: The phenomenon of confabulation--the tendency to construct plausible-sounding but false answers and believe that they are true--and what it can tell us about the human mind and human nature.

Review Quotes: Hirstein has packed a wealth of scientific information into this book.--John Bickle, Journal of Consciousness Studies--

Brain Fiction offers one of the most extensive accounts of false memories and perceptions.

--Armin Schnider, Science--

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