Emotional ignorance : misadventures in the science of emotion
Burnett, Dean2024
Book
Why do we have nightmares? Get hangry? Relive embarrassing memories? Find canned laughter so annoying and fake news so effective? Emotions can be a pain. If only we were more rational, life would be a lot easier, wouldn't it? Dean Burnett certainly used to think so. And then, in April 2020, his father died of COVID-19. Suddenly, Dean was confronted with a host of powerful, unfamiliar and often unwelcome emotions. And so, he decided to put his feelings under the microscope, for science. In Emotional Ignorance, Dean takes us on his incredible journey of discovery. Along the way he reveals: why we would ever follow our gut; whether things really were better in the old days; why it's so hard to stop doom-scrolling; whether women really are more emotional than men (spoiler: no). Combining expert analysis with powerful insights into the grieving process, the end result is a fascinating and endlessly entertaining account of the science underlying our emotional lives.
Main title:
Emotional ignorance : misadventures in the science of emotion / Dean Burnett.
Author:
Burnett, Dean, author
Edition:
Paperback edition.
Imprint:
London : Faber & Faber Ltd, 2024.©2023.
Collation:
396 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781783351749 (pocket)
Dewey class:
152.4
Language:
English
BRN:
2054076