Psychology & Behavior

Science & Technology

Affective Forecasting

Behavioral Economics

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Stumbling on Happiness

by Daniel Gilbert · 2007 · 336 pages

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About This Book

Explores the psychological foibles and cognitive biases that prevent humans from accurately predicting what will make them happy in the future. Drawing on neuroscience and behavioral economics, it examines how imagination and memory filter reality.

Genres

Psychology & Behavior Philosophy Science & Technology

Topics

Affective Forecasting Behavioral Economics Cognitive Bias Decision Making Happiness Imagination Neuroscience

Book Details

Published

2007

Pages

336

Language

en

ISBN

9781400077427

Awards & Recognition

Royal Society Prizes for Science Books (2007)

Audiobook Available

7h 26m

Narrated by Daniel Gilbert

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