TY - GEN TY - GEN T1 - The believing brain : from ghosts and gods to politics and conspiracies - how we construct beliefs and reinforce them as truths A1 - Shermer, Michael LA - eng PP - New York PB - Times Books YR - 2011 UL - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.2311036 AB - Shermer demonstrates how our brains selectively assess data in an attempt to confirm the conclusions (beliefs) we've already reached. Drawing on evolution, cognitive science, and neuroscience, he considers not only supernatural beliefs but political and economic ones as well. SN - 0-8050-9125-4 SN - 978-0-8050-9125-0 KW - Belief and doubt. KW - Cognitive neuroscience. KW - Knowledge, Theory of. KW - tiede KW - tietoteoria KW - usko KW - uskomukset ER -