Cómo Funciona La Mente

A fundamental work to know the mechanisms of the human mind.

Why does a face look more attractive if it is made up? Why do we believe that after a series of coin tosses that have come out face is more likely to come out cross? Why do we fall in love like crazy? Tasks such as recognizing a letter or walking on two legs are very complex problems that have not yet been resolved satisfactorily by artificial intelligence. And our brain rushes them with total precision and apparent ease.

With an incomparable rigor and clarity, Steven Pinker analyzes the most diverse human activities and shows us how impressive our mind can be. From the abundant information generated by cognitive science and evolutionary biology, without neglecting the main contributions made from neuroscience, economics and social psychology, the present book is a brilliant explanation, full of audacity and humor, of the processes that make up our mental life.