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The extended mind : the power of thinking outside the brain / Annie Murphy Paul.

by Paul, Annie Murphy.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.

Creative ability.

Thought and thinking.

9780544947665 (hc.)

xiii, 338 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Unearthing the untold history of how artists, scientists and authors have used mental extensions to solve, discover and create, an acclaimed science journalist presents a dramatic new view of how our minds work, offering practical advice on how we can all think better."--From publisher.

Facing a tricky problem or a difficult project, we're told to "use your head." Paul believes we need to think outside the brain: utilize the feelings and movements of our bodies, the physical spaces in which we learn and work, and the minds of those around us. She examines how artists, scientists, and authors have used mental extensions to solve problems, make discoveries, and create new works. Thinking outside the brain will help us focus more intently, comprehend more deeply, and create more imaginatively. -- adapted from jacket.

Annie Murphy Paul is an acclaimed science journalist and book author who contributes to Scientific American,the New York Times,Time, and Slate, among many other publications. A former senior editor at Psychology Today, Paul is currently a Future Tense fellow at New America, as well as a senior adviser at the Yale University Center for Teaching and Learning. She is the author of The Cult of Personality Testing—a cultural history and scientific critique of personality testing hailed by Malcolm Gladwell as a “fascinating new book”—and Origins, a personal and scientific exploration of how the nine months before birth shape the rest of our lives, selected for The Best American Science Writing. A graduate of Yale College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Paul lives in New Haven, Connecticut, with her husband and two sons.

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