Mismatch : how our Stone Age brain deceives us every day (and what we can do about it)
Giphart, Ronald, 1965-2018
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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, Mark van Vugt ; translated from the Dutch by Suzanne Heukensfeldt Jansen.
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Imprint:
London : Robinson, 2018.
Collation:
346 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781472139702 (pbk)
Dewey class:
155.7
LC class:
BF698.95
Local class:
155.7
Language:
EnglishDutch
BRN:
2162165