Why we believe what we believe : uncovering our biological need for meaning, spirituality, and truth
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New York : Free Press, [2006].
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vii, 321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Yavapai College Prescott - LIMBO - Items being donated to other libraries
BL53.N49 2006
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Published
New York : Free Press, [2006].
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Book - Regular Print
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English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-307) and index.
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Do you remember events differently from how they really happened? Where do your superstitions come from? How do morals evolve? Why are some people religious and others nonreligious? Everyone has thoughts and questions like these, and now psychologists Newberg and Waldman show, for the first time, how our complex views emerge from the neural activities of the brain. Bridging science, psychology, and religion, they demonstrate, in simple terminology, how the brain perceives reality and transforms it into an extraordinary range of personal, ethical, and creative premises that we use to build meaning, value, spirituality, and truth into our lives. Supported by groundbreaking research, including brain scans of people as they pray, meditate, and even speak in tongues, Newberg and Waldman propose a new model for how deep convictions emerge and influence our lives. Using personal stories, moral paradoxes, and optical illusions, the authors demonstrate how our brains construct our fondest assumptions about reality.--From publisher description.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Newberg, A. B., & Waldman, M. R. (2006). Why we believe what we believe: uncovering our biological need for meaning, spirituality, and truth . Free Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Newberg, Andrew B., 1966- and Mark Robert. Waldman. 2006. Why We Believe What We Believe: Uncovering Our Biological Need for Meaning, Spirituality, and Truth. Free Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Newberg, Andrew B., 1966- and Mark Robert. Waldman. Why We Believe What We Believe: Uncovering Our Biological Need for Meaning, Spirituality, and Truth Free Press, 2006.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Newberg, Andrew B., and Mark Robert Waldman. Why We Believe What We Believe: Uncovering Our Biological Need for Meaning, Spirituality, and Truth Free Press, 2006.

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