{"product_id":"the-world-inside-your-head-how-perceptions-build-society-paperback-1","title":"The World Inside Your Head: How Perceptions Build Society - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Maurer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDaphne Maurer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo socialize, your brain needs to see and hear other people, yet your brain is sealed inside a bony box: your skull. How does an internal mass of tissue comprehend the world outside? How does it form social relationships? This groundbreaking book answers those questions and reveals the perceptual underpinnings of society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharles and Daphne Maurer provide a clear explanation of how the brain interprets sensory inputs, showing how rudimentary sensations evolve into social interactions at every scale from nursery to nation. Their novel approach shows how sights, sounds, and smells build social and political worlds. They offer fresh insights into broad swaths of the social sciences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe World Inside Your Head\u003c\/i\u003e brings science to life, interweaving cutting-edge research with eye-opening examples across cultures and eras. Its style is lively and free of jargon, yet its argument is rigorous and scholarly. It is an accessible and iconoclastic rethinking of conventional psychology.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Maurer is a freelance writer who specializes in science and technology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDaphne Maurer is a Distinguished University Professor at McMaster University in the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behaviour. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Maurers are the authors of two previous groundbreaking books about perception: \u003ci\u003e The World of the Newborn\u003c\/i\u003e (1988), which received the Book Award of the American Psychological Association, and \u003ci\u003ePretty Ugly: Why We Like Some Songs, Faces, Foods, Plays, Pictures, Poems, Etc., and Dislike Others\u003c\/i\u003e (2019).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53753851183411,"sku":"9780231223485","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/XjI85MmmhH9780231223485_739f4372-52ea-49f2-8078-3fcd744862e7.webp?v=1785295632","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-world-inside-your-head-how-perceptions-build-society-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}