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Emotional Ignorance: Misadventures in the Science of Emotion
“Brilliant” Stylist
After losing his father to Covid 19, Dean Burnett began asking a simple question: what are emotions actually for?
In this deeply personal and insightful book, he explores the science of feeling, from grief and anxiety to joy, nostalgia and why we doomscroll.Blending neuroscience, humour and lived experience, Emotional Ignorance looks at how emotions shape who we are and why trying to ignore them never really works.
A thoughtful, funny and moving exploration of the human emotional experience.
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