Hare brain, tortoise mind : why intelligence increases when you think less / Guy Claxton.
Hare brain, tortoise mind : why intelligence increases when you think less / Guy Claxton.
Hare brain, tortoise mind : why intelligence increases when you think less / Guy Claxton.
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Publisher
Hopewell, N.J. : Ecco Press, 1999.
Date
1999.
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N153.4/29
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 259 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. The Speed of Thought -- 2. Basic Intelligence: Learning by Osmosis -- 3. Premature Articulation: How Thinking Gets in the Way of Learning -- 4. Knowing More than We Think: Intuition and Creativity -- 5. Having an Idea: the Gentle Art of Mental Gestation -- 6. Thinking Too Much? Reason and Intuiti...
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Publisher
Hopewell, N.J. : Ecco Press, 1999.
Edition
1st Ecco ed.
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
In Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind, psychologist Guy Claxton makes an appeal to be less analytical and let our creativity have free rein. He argues compellingly that the mind works best when we trust our unconscious, or "undermind" - a cool, intelligent resource that needs only time and receptivity to function. Claxton also pushes for a reevaluation of s...
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Hare brain, tortoise mind : why intelligence increases when you think less / Guy Claxton.
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Paperback edition released 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-247) and index.
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N153.4/29
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74VvzKRlzREZ
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ISBN
0060955414 (pbk : 2000)
9780880016223
0880016221
9780060955410 (pbk : 2000)
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153.4
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991009356789702626
