The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain - Hardcover

Paul, Annie Murphy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0544947665 ISBN 13: 9780544947665

Publisher: Mariner Books, 2021

Synopsis

A New York Times Editors' Choice
A Washington Post Best Nonfiction Book of 2021
A New York Times Notable Book

A bold new book reveals how we can tap the intelligence that exists beyond our brains—in our bodies, our surroundings, and our relationships

Use your head.
 
That’s what we tell ourselves when facing a tricky problem or a difficult project. But a growing body of research indicates that we’ve got it exactly backwards. What we need to do, says acclaimed science writer Annie Murphy Paul, is think outside the brain. A host of “extra-neural” resources—the feelings and movements of our bodies, the physical spaces in which we learn and work, and the minds of those around us— can help us focus more intently, comprehend more deeply, and create more imaginatively.
 
The Extended Mind outlines the research behind this exciting new vision of human ability, exploring the findings of neuroscientists, cognitive scientists, psychologists, and examining the practices of educators, managers, and leaders who are already reaping the benefits of thinking outside the brain. She excavates the untold history of how artists, scientists, and authors—from Jackson Pollock to Jonas Salk to Robert Caro—have used mental extensions to solve problems, make discoveries, and create new works. In the tradition of Howard Gardner’s Frames of Mind or Daniel Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence, The Extended Mind offers a dramatic new view of how our minds work, full of practical advice on how we can all think better.

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About the Author

ANNIE MURPHY PAUL is an acclaimed science writer and book author whose work has appeared in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, Scientific American, Slate, Time magazine, and The Best American Science Writing, among many other publications. She is the author of Origins, chosen as a Notable Book by the New York Times Book Review, and The Cult of Personality, hailed by Malcolm Gladwell in the New Yorker as a "fascinating new book." She has held the Bernard Schwartz Fellowship and the Future Tense Fellowship at New America; currently, she is a fellow in the Learning Sciences Exchange, a program administered by New America in partnership with the International Congress of Infant Studies and the Jacobs Foundation. She has also received the Spencer Education Reporting Fellowship and the Rosalyn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellowship. Paul has spoken to audiences around the world about learning and cognition; her TED talk has been viewed by more than 2.6 million people. A graduate of Yale University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, she has served as a lecturer at Yale University and as a senior advisor at the Yale University Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning. She lives in New Haven with her two sons.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0544947665
• ISBN 13: 9780544947665
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352