In this original and provocative book, Iris Berent argues that our minds are structured in ways that blind us to our true natures. We possess innate biases that distort how we make sense of the world
Iris Berent is a Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University, Boston, and the Director of the Language and Mind Lab. Berent's research has examined how the mind works and how we think it does. She is the author of dozens of groundbreaking scientific publications and the recipient of numerous research grants. Her previous book, The Phonological Mind (Cambridge, 2013), was hailed by Steven Pinker as a "brilliant and fascinating analysis
of how we produce and interpret sound."