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Quirk : Brain Science Makes Sense of Your Peculiar Personality by Hannah Holmes [Holmes, Hannah] is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

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Who are you? It's the most fundamental of human questions. Are you the type of person who tilts at windmills, or the one who prefers to view them from the comfort of an air-conditioned motorcoach? Our personalities are endlessly fascinating--not just to ourselves but also to our spouses, our parents, our children, our co-workers, our neighbors. As a highly social species, humans have to navigate among an astonishing variety of personalities. But how did all these different permutations come about? And what purpose do they serve? With her trademark wit and sly humor, Hannah Holmes takes readers into the amazing world of personality and modern brain science. Using the Five Factor Model, which slices temperaments into the major factors (Extraversion, Neuroticism, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and Openness) and minor facets (such as impulsive, artistic, or cautious), Holmes demonstrates how our genes and brains dictate which factors and facets each of us displays. Are you a Nervous Nelly? Your amygdala is probably calling the shots. Hyperactive Hal? It's all about the dopamine. Each facet took root deep in the evolution of life on Earth, with Nature allowing enough personal variati

Who reads Quirk : Brain Science Makes Sense of Your Peculiar Personality?

Author

Hannah Holmes [Holmes, Hannah]

Publisher

Random House Publishing Group

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780679604525

Category

science

Subjects

Psychology, History, Biology

Rating

3.54 / 5 (484 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14