PublishedGuardian Books, April 2023 |
ISBN9781783351732 |
FormatSoftcover, 416 pages |
Dimensions23.4cm × 15.3cm × 2.9cm |
Why do we have nightmares? Get hangry? Relive embarrassing memories? Find canned laughter so annoying - and fake news so effective?
Emotions can be a pain. If only we were more rational, life would be a lot easier, wouldn't it?
Dean Burnett certainly used to think so. And then, in April 2020, his father died of Covid-19. Suddenly, Dean was confronted with a host of powerful, unfamiliar and often unwelcome emotions. And so, he decided to put his feelings under the microscope - for science.
In Emotional Ignorance, Dean takes us on his incredible journey of discovery. Along the way he reveals:
why we would ever follow our gut;
whether things really were better in the old days;
why it's so hard to stop doomscrolling;
whether women really are more emotional than men (spoiler: no).
Combining expert analysis with powerful insights into the grieving process, the end result is a fascinating and endlessly entertaining account of the science underlying our emotional lives.
