Blatchley What Are the Chances?

Why We Believe in Luck
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-231-55275-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

What Are the Chances? reveals how psychology and neuroscience explain the significance of the idea of luck. Barbara Blatchley explores how people react to random events in a range of circumstances, examining the evidence that the belief in luck helps us cope with a lack of control.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blatchley, Barbara

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Biologische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Stochastik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. What Is Luck?
2. A Brief History of Luck
3. Luck and Psychology: On Being a Social Animal
4. Luck and Psychology: Magical Thinking
5. Luck and Your Brain: Part I
6. Luck and Your Brain: Part II
7. How to Get Lucky
8. Fortune’s Expensive Smile
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Barbara Blatchley is a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Agnes Scott College. Her research focuses on auditory sensory physiology, and she is the author of Statistics in Context (2018).