Description
What’s the significance of a Freudian slip? Why are we driven to search out food, sex, and companionship? Does hypnosis really work? These and other issues of consciousness have captured the popular imagination for centuries. Clearly written and imaginatively illustrated with evocative, full-color artwork, The Secret Language of the Mind explores in fascinating detail the intriguing and ongoing mysteries of why we are who we are.
We are all students of psychology: whenever we assess people’s personalities or try to judge their motives, we are attempting to see what is really “on their minds.” Psychological concepts are increasingly shaping the world in which we live–the once-revolutionary theories of Freud and Jung are today woven into everyday conversation; psychological techniques are used to measure our performance at school and in the workplace, and to sell us commodities, beliefs, and ideas. The Secret Language of the Mind delves into the theories that underlie both our understanding of other people and our knowledge of ourselves.
With insights from the art, literature, anatomy, chemistry, and computer science that have contributed to our current knowledge of consciousness, The Secret Language of the Mind offers a compelling glimpse into our most uniquely human attribute.
