Mirror Thinking: How Role Models Make Us Human (Bloomsbury Sigma) - Hardcover

Murden, Fiona

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1472975804 ISBN 13: 9781472975805

Publisher: Bloomsbury Sigma, 2020

Synopsis

Parents, friends, teachers, relatives, and even work colleagues – from the people close to us to those we never even meet – other people are constantly shaping who we are.

The mirror neuron is a part of the brain that has shaped each and every one of us throughout our lifetimes. It is the very essence of what makes us human, but most of us have never even heard of it.

Mirror Thinking explores how the mirror neuron has defined us through the role models we observe and interact with. All of the learning we take from our world is down to our brain's mirror system, but it doesn't stop there. This incredible system is also responsible for our emotional connections with others, how we pass on learning between the generations through stories, and how we imagine and innovate within our own minds.

In Mirror Thinking, psychologist and award-winning author Fiona Murden looks at the mirrors that have shaped our lives: parents, friends, teachers, relatives, and even work colleagues. From the people close to us to those we never even meet – other people are constantly shaping who we are. By having a better understanding of this system we are able to take conscious control of it, encouraging us to have a more positive impact on the world around us and on society as a whole.

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About the Author

Fiona Murden is a Chartered Psychologist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, author and public speaker. She gained an MSc in Psychology from the University of London, and started her career at Andersen Consulting. Fiona has worked with high performers from across business, healthcare, sport and politics for the last 18 years, helping them to achieve optimal performance. Her speaking commitments take her from the Cabinet Office and the NHS to the London School of Economics and Red Smart Woman's Week.



Fiona's first book, Defining You, was category winner in the Business Book of the Year in the UK and won Silver at the Axion Business Book Awards in the US. In addition to her writing, advising and speaking commitments, Fiona is founder of the Dot-to-Dot foundation, aimed at 'joining the dots on behaviour and helping everyone to fulfil their potential'.


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Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Sigma
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1472975804
• ISBN 13: 9781472975805
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352