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The Self Delusion: The New Neuroscience of How We Invent—and Reinvent—Our Identities book cover by Gregory Berns
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The Self Delusion: The New Neuroscience of How We Invent—and Reinvent—Our Identities

by Gregory Berns

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Hardcover · 304 pages Basic Books · 2022

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The Self Delusion

A New York Times–bestselling author reveals how the stories we tell ourselves, about ourselves, are critical to our lives  

We all know we tell stories about ourselves. But as psychiatrist and neuroscientist Gregory Berns argues in The Self Delusion, we don’t just tell stories; we are the stories. Our self-identities are fleeting phenomena, continually reborn as our conscious minds receive, filter, or act on incoming information from the world and our memories.  

Drawing on new research in neuroscience, social science, and psychiatry, Berns shows how our stories and our self-identities are temporary and therefore ever changing. Berns shows how we can embrace the delusion of a singular self to make our lives better, offering a plan not centered on what we think will be best for us, but predicated on minimizing regrets. Enlightening, empowering, and surprising, The Self Delusion shows us how to be the protagonist of the stories we want to tell. 



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Publisher
Basic Books
Author
Gregory Berns
Format
Hardcover
Published
Oct 18, 2022
ISBN-13
9781541602298
ISBN-10
1541602293
Pages
304
Carton quantity
20 copies
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