Kathleen Taylor (University of Oxford Department of Physiology)

Broschiertes Buch

Brainwashing

The Science of Thought Control

Beschreibung

Bringing together cutting-edge research from psychology and neuroscience, Kathleen Taylor puts the brain back into brainwashing and shows why understanding this mysterious phenomenon is vitally relevant in the twenty-first century.

Autor

Dr Kathleen Taylor studied physiology and philosophy at the University of Oxford. After a research MSc at Stirling University, working on brain chemistry, she returned to Oxford to do a DPhil in visual neuroscience and postdoctoral work on cognitive neuroscience. In 2002 she won two writing competitions run by the Times Higher Education Supplement, one for science writing and one for an essay in the humanities/social sciences. She has written on a range of topics from consciousness to cruelty, including several books published by OUP: Brainwashing (2004), Cruelty (2009), The Brain Supremacy (2012), and The Fragile Brain (2016).

Produktdetails

• Oxford Landmark Science
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 128mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 382g
• ISBN-13: 9780198798330
• ISBN-10: 0198798334
• Artikelnr.: 46861230