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The Self-Illusion: What Neuroscience Reveals About Our Self-Perception

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The Self-Illusion: What Neuroscience Reveals About Our Self-Perception
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We all, as we know, tell stories about ourselves. However, as psychiatrist and neuroscientist Gregory Berns explains in his book, The Self-Illusion, we don't simply tell stories; we are stories. Our self-perception is not a rigid monolith; it is constantly reborn and rebuilt as our consciousness receives, filters, and transforms information from both the external world and our memory into motivation for further action.

Drawing on modern research in neuroscience, sociology, and psychiatry, Berns demonstrates the fluidity and changeability of our stories and our identities. He shows how recognizing the illusory nature of a unified, coherent self can be used to our advantage, and proposes a strategy not based on striving for perfection, but rather a deliberate approach to minimizing future regret. Informative, inspiring, and full of surprises, The Self-Illusion is a guide to becoming the protagonist of the story we want to tell.
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