TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hallinan,Joseph T.
TI  - Kidding ourselves: the hidden power of self-deception 
SN  - 9780385348683
AV  - BF 697.5 .S426 H35 2014
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Crown Publishers
KW  - Self-deception
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-253) and index; Pt.I The power of nothing: placebos, mass hysteria, and fatal delusions -- Pt.II The eye of the beholder: perception, expectation, and the lure of superstition -- Pt.III Delusions of success: power, money, and risk
N2  - To one degree or another, we all misjudge reality. Our perception--of ourselves and the world around us--is much more malleable than we realize. This self-deception influences every major aspect of our personal and social life, including relationships, sex, politics, careers, and health; The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Why We Make Mistakes presents an analysis of the human inclination toward self-deception that explains how selective misperception influences every major aspect of life, has powerful placebo effects and does not always have negative consequences
ER  -