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Invisible mind : flexible social cognition and dehumanization / Lasana T. Harris.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Harris, Lasana Tacuma, 1981- author.
Series:
The MIT Press
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Social perception.
Emotions and cognition.
Humanity--Psychological aspects.
Humanity.
Evolutionary psychology.
Brain--Evolution.
Brain.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (239 pages) : illustrations
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2017]
Summary:
An interdisciplinary view of the evolution and consequences of flexible social cognition--the capacity to withhold the inference of mental states to other people.
Contents:
Prologue
Tension
Evolution
Prediction
Explanation
Naive scientists
Delayed sudden death virus outbreak
Social context
Economic context
Social contract
Other implications.
Notes:
Previously issued in print: 2017.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
ISBN:
0-262-33905-6
0-262-33904-8
OCLC:
989142152

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