Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience
- ISBN-10
- 0465018777
- ISBN-13
- 9780465018772
- Series
- Brainwashed
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-06-04
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Authors
- Scott O. Lilienfeld, Sally Satel
Description
Demonstrates how the explanatory power of brain scans in particular and neuroscience more generally has been overestimated, arguing that the overzealous application of brain science has undermined notions of free will and responsibility.
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