Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind: How Intelligence Increases When You Think Less

In these accelerated times, our decisive and businesslike ways of thinking are unprepared for ambiguity, paradox, and...
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Author: Guy Claxton
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Language: English
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Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind: How Intelligence Increases When You Think Less by Claxton, Guy

Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind: How Intelligence Increases When You Think Less

$257.31

Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind: How Intelligence Increases When You Think Less

$257.31
Author: Guy Claxton
Format: Paperback
Language: English

In these accelerated times, our decisive and businesslike ways of thinking are unprepared for ambiguity, paradox, and sleeping on it." We assume that the quick-thinking "hare brain" will beat out the slower Intuition of the "tortoise mind." However, now research in cognitive science is changing this understanding of the human mind. It suggests that patience and confusion--rather than rigor and certainty--are the essential precursors of wisdom.

With a compelling argument that the mind works best when we trust our unconscious, or "undermind," psychologist Guy Claxton makes an appeal that we be less analytical and let our creativity have free rein. He also encourages reevaluation of society's obsession with results-oriented thinking and problem-solving under pressure. Packed with Interesting anecdotes, a dozen puzzles to test your reasoning, and the latest related research, Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind is an Illuminating, uplifting, stimulating read that focuses on a new kind of well-being and cognition.



Author: Guy Claxton
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: 12/08/1999
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.30w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780060955410

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