Gilbert, Daniel Todd.
Summary: Why are lovers quicker to forgive their partners for infidelity than for leaving dirty dishes in the sink? Why do patients remember long medical procedures as less painful than short ones? Why do home sellers demand prices they wouldn't dream of paying if they were home buyers? Why does the line at the grocery store always slow down when we join it? In this book, Harvard psychologist Gilbert...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Knopf 2006
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Summary: The author draws on psychology, cognitive neuroscience, philosophy and behavioral economics to argue that, just as we err in remembering the past, so we also have illusions and foibles in imagining the future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2006