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| title | chunk | source | category | tags | date_saved | instance |
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| How We Decide | 1/1 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_We_Decide | reference | science, encyclopedia | 2026-05-05T08:58:28.427384+00:00 | kb-cron |
How We Decide is a 2009 book by journalist Jonah Lehrer, that provides biological explanations of how people make decisions and offers suggestions for making better decisions. It is published as The Decisive Moment: How the Brain Makes Up Its Mind in the United Kingdom. On March 1, 2013, following revelations that Lehrer had been caught in numerous falsifications in his books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced the book was taken "off sale" after an internal review.
== Summary == Sections/chapters of the book are titled as follows:
Introduction The Quarterback in the Pocket The Predictions of Dopamine Fooled by a Feeling The Uses of Reason Choking on Thought The Moral Mind The Brain Is an Argument The Poker Hand Coda
== See also == Similarly themed books include:
Proust Was a Neuroscientist Imagine: How Creativity Works Made to Stick Microtrends Think!: Why Crucial Decisions Can't Be Made in the Blink of an Eye Thinking, Fast and Slow Thinking Strategically
== References ==
== External links == Powells books references commercial reviews Los Angeles Times review Time Magazine review “And Now Jonah Lehrer’s Second Book Is Being Pulled From Stores” “Publisher Pulls Jonah Lehrer’s ‘How We Decide’ From Stores”