Mismatch : how our Stone Age brain deceives us every day (and what we can do about it)
Giphart, Ronald, 1965-2021
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Our brains evolved to solve the survival problems of our Stone Age ancestors, so when faced with modern day situations that are less extreme, they often encounter a mismatch. Our primitive brains put us on the wrong foot by responding to stimuli that - in prehistoric times - would have prompted behaviour that was beneficial. 'Mismatch' is about the dramatic contrast between the first few million years of human history - when humans lived as hunters and gatherers in small-scale societies - and the past twelve thousand years which have led us to a very different social structure.
Main title:
Mismatch : how our Stone Age brain deceives us every day (and what we can do about it) / Ronald Giphart and Mark van Vugt ; translated by Suzanne Heukensfeldt Jansen.
Author:
Giphart, Ronald, 1965-, authorVan Vugt, Mark, 1967-, authorJansen, Suzanne Heukensfeldt, 1960-, translator
Imprint:
London : Robinson, 2021.
Collation:
346 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Dutch.This translation originally published: 2018.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781472139726 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
155.7
Language:
EnglishDutch
BRN:
2245919
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