Beyond the Conscious Mind
Unlocking the Secrets of the Self
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About the Book
A new understanding of consciousness that helps you to better understand your own and others behavior. Your mind is a self-organized team of specialized independent modules that each take control of your behavior depending upon context. One of these modules, the "self-module," is the verbal interpreter of all of your behavior. However this self-module only controls behavior when you are using self-control. Introspection is thus usually nothing more than self-serving rationalization. Using experimental evidence Blakeslee clearly demonstrates the many mental illusions created by this flawed understanding of self and helps you to develop a new, more accurate, self-concept.
About the Author
Thomas R. Blakeslee?s books have been published in nine languages. His best-sellers, Digital Design (Wiley, 1975) and The Right Brain (Doubleday, 1980) cross-fertilize here into an exciting new understanding of consciousness. Blakeslee has founded three companies and holds patents in such diverse fields as vehicle guidance, digital telephony, information display, photography, hydraulics, and electronic circuits. His website is www.attitudefactor.com.