Impulse

Why We Do What We Do Without Knowing Why We Do It

David Lewis

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HARDCOVER

$27.95 • £22.95 • €25.00

ISBN 9780674725492

Publication Date: 10/01/2013

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336 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

17 halftones, 1 table

Belknap Press

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Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The Impulse That Saved My Life
2. Impulses and Your Zombie Brain
3. Inside the Impulsive Brain
4. The Teenage Brain—A Work in Progress
5. Impulse and the Senses
6. The Power of the Visual
7. Impulses and the Risk-Taking Personality
8. The Love Impulse—‘It Only Takes a Moment’
9. The Overeating Impulse—Digging Our Graves with Our Teeth
10. The Buying Impulse—The How and Why of What We Buy
11. The Imitation Impulse—‘A Beautiful Place to Die’
12. Deplete Us Not into Temptation
Afterword: Free Will Is a Grand Illusion
Notes and References
Bibliography
Index

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