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Blink [sound recording] : [the power of thinking without thinking] / Malcolm Gladwell.

By: Material type: SoundSoundPublisher number: 2-42761 | Time Warner AudioBooksCB207 | Recorded BooksPublication details: New York, NY : Time Warner AudioBooks, p2005.Description: 7 sound discs (8 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1586217194 :
  • 9781586217198
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 153.4/4 22
LOC classification:
  • BF448 .G53 2005e
Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also on cassette.
Contents:
The statue that didn't look right -- The theory of thin-slicing -- The locked door -- The Warren Harding error -- Paul Van Riper's big victory : creating structure for spontaneity -- Kenna's dilemma : the right-and wrong-way to ask people what they want -- Seven seconds in the Bronx : the delicate art of mind-reading -- Conclusion: listening with your eyes : the lessons of blink.
Read by the author.Summary: Utilizing case studies as diverse as speed dating, pop music, and the shooting of Amadou Diallo, Gladwell reveals that what we think of as decisions made in the blink of an eye are much more complicated than assumed. Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology, he shows how the difference between good decision-making and bad has nothing to do with how much information we can process quickly, but on the few particular details on which we focus.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book on CD Book on CD Richfield Campus Library Audio Visual Materials CDA 153.44G455B 2005 1 Available 34230000020449
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Unabridged.

Compact discs.

Subtitle taken from container.

The statue that didn't look right -- The theory of thin-slicing -- The locked door -- The Warren Harding error -- Paul Van Riper's big victory : creating structure for spontaneity -- Kenna's dilemma : the right-and wrong-way to ask people what they want -- Seven seconds in the Bronx : the delicate art of mind-reading -- Conclusion: listening with your eyes : the lessons of blink.

Read by the author.

Utilizing case studies as diverse as speed dating, pop music, and the shooting of Amadou Diallo, Gladwell reveals that what we think of as decisions made in the blink of an eye are much more complicated than assumed. Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology, he shows how the difference between good decision-making and bad has nothing to do with how much information we can process quickly, but on the few particular details on which we focus.

Issued also on cassette.

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