Reality Check: What Your Mind Knows, But Isn't Telling You

Reality Check: What Your Mind Knows, But Isn't Telling You

by David L. Weiner
Reality Check: What Your Mind Knows, But Isn't Telling You

Reality Check: What Your Mind Knows, But Isn't Telling You

by David L. Weiner

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Overview

What is reality? Each of us has a "virtual reality map" imprinted on our brains, which consists of our individual ideologies, opinions, attitudes, values, and beliefs that we''ve built up over the years. But what if you learned that your reality map was distorted or limited? In Reality Check, David L. Weiner takes us on an entertaining romp through many odd and interesting new findings in various scientific fields - from neurobiology to physics and genetics, describing how difficult it is for these findings to sink in and impact our perspectives. One of the most fascinating topics that Weiner discusses is what neuroscience has found out about certain apelike mechanisms in our brains. These ancient vestiges of evolution can cause turmoil if we don''t meet their primitive expectations, and their penchant for pecking order and status can create far-out realities that we think are absolutely true. By opening our minds to what science has discovered about our realities, and what it still considers to be mysteries, we can gain valuable insights and tools for improving the quality of our lives. The fresh and surprising information in this book has ramifications for parents, managers, educators, and everyone else interested in getting the most out of others and themselves.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781615921744
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 09/25/2009
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 303
File size: 596 KB

About the Author

David L. Weiner (Chicago IL) is the author of Power Freaks, Battling the Inner Dummy, and Brain Tricks. He is also on the external board of advisers of the HealthEmotions Research Institute of the University of Wisconsin and is the founder and CEO of Marketing Support, Inc.

What People are Saying About This

Roger E. Axtell

"If you read this book, the word "Reality" will take on a whole new meaning."
author of a series of nine "Do's & Taboos..." books on international business and behavior.

Charles T. Snowdon

"Humans have always tried to assert the superiority of themselves and their kin to others, leading to wars, ethnic cleansings and religious intolerance. In this important book, David Weiner writes with clarity and wit about how we become prisoners of the evolution of our brains, and integrates cosmology, the structure of the human genome and the essential randomness of our creation to provide a much needed Reality Check. We are not fundamentally different from those we seek to dominate and control."
Hilldale Professor and Chair of Psychology University of Wisconsin, Madison

Mahzarin R. Banaji

"The world has too few intelligent consumers of sciences and its discoveries. David Weiner takes what the mind sciences have revealed about human nature..and writes about them in a style that will captivate everybody.."
Phd., Professor of Psychology, Harvard University

Robert D. Hare

"His analyses...are fascinating and invariably illuminating....This book is thought provoking and entertaining, and a terrific read."
Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of British Columbia

Benjamin J. Hubbard

"David Weiner has written a delightful and impressively researched tour de force on how the brain works that includes wonderful side trips about DNA, the size of the universe and the foibles of religiosity. This is popular science writing at its best--clear, witty and marvelously informative."
Ph.D. Professor of Comparative Religion California State University, Fullerton

Michael Toms

"This is must reading for anyone interested in a deeper understanding of how our brain works with our heart."
Founding President and Executive Producer/Host of New Dimensions Radio, and CEO of New DimensionsWorld Broadcasting Network. Author of 17 books on personal, social and spiritual transformation.

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