How the Mind Works

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How the Mind Works is a popular science book by cognitive scientist Steven Pinker that explores human thought and behavior through the lenses of evolutionary psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience.

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instanceOf book
non-fiction book
popular science book
author Steven Pinker
award Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction finalist
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describes mind as information-processing system
modular view of mental faculties
explains mental mechanisms in evolutionary terms
followedBy The Blank Slate
genre cognitive science literature
evolutionary psychology literature
popular science
hasAuthorProfession cognitive scientist
psycholinguist
psychologist
hasPart chapters
hasReception controversy in academic psychology
critical acclaim
influenced debates on evolutionary psychology
public understanding of cognitive science
isbn 978-0-393-04535-2
language English
mediaType hardcover
paperback
print
notableFor integrating cognitive science and evolutionary theory
popularizing evolutionary psychology
pageCount 660
precededBy The Language Instinct
publicationYear 1997
publisher W. W. Norton & Company
subject cognitive science
consciousness
emotion
evolution of mind
evolutionary psychology
human behavior
human cognition
human mind
language
neuroscience
reasoning
social behavior
vision
targetAudience general readers
readers of popular science
students of psychology

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