Like the revolutionary bestsellers Predictably Irrational and Emotional Intelligence, Sensation is an exciting, completely new view of human behavior—a new psychology of Physical Intelligence (or embodied cognition)—that explains how the body unconsciously affects our everyday decisions and choices, written by one of the world’s leading psychologists.
Color and temperature, darkness and light, rough and smooth textures—all these sensations influence your inner world and your actions with unexpected power.
Her lively, thoughtful book will reframe our view of how our minds work and how we become who we are.” (Daniel Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational)
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Thalma’s research is among the most innovative in psychology.
Sensation empowers you to recognize these outside forces and hidden biases, and even put them to use in your own life, in order to improve every facet of your personal and professional lives.
Hard surfaces make us inflexible.
Clean smells promote moral behavior, but people are more likely to cheat on a test right after having taken a shower.
People with a sweet tooth seem kinder than others.
She reveals that Physical experiences unconsciously affect your everyday decisions and choices—with profound implications for your everyday life.
The more you know about how your Physical environment influences your mind’s interpretation of the world around you, the better you are able to navigate tricky waters and get to where you want to go.
Thalma Lobel, shares an exciting, completely new view of Physical intelligence, or embodied cognition.
In Sensation, one of the world’s leading experts on human behavior, Dr.
Like the revolutionary bestsellers Predictably Irrational and Emotional Intelligence, Sensation is an exciting, completely new view of human behavior—a new psychology of Physical Intelligence (or embodied cognition)—that explains how the body unconsciously affects our everyday decisions and choices, written by one of the world’s leading psychologists.
Color and temperature, darkness and light, rough and smooth textures—all these sensations influence your inner world and your actions with unexpected power