Mind Over Money: The Psychology of Money and How To Use It Better - Softcover

Claudia Hammond

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782112065 ISBN 13: 9781782112068

Publisher: Canongate Books, 2017

Synopsis

* Why is it good to be grumpy if you want to avoid getting ripped off?
* Why do we think coins are bigger than they really are?
* Why is it a mistake to choose the same lottery numbers every week?

Join award-winning psychologist and BBC Radio 4 presenter Claudia Hammond as she delves into big and small questions around the surprising psychology of money. Funny, insightful and eye-opening, Mind Over Money will change the way you think about the cash in your pocket and the figures in your bank account forever.

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Review:

"Claudia Hammond is the ideal tour guide for this hugely enjoyable journey through the strange psychology of spending and saving. Mind Over Money is both a fascinating exploration of the ways money messes with our heads, and a practical guidebook for how to avoid getting fleeced - whether by others or our own irrational minds" (OLIVER BURKEMAN) --Oliver Burkeman

"Part fascinating psychological exploration, part practical guide - exposing the myriad ways money messes with our heads and suggesting means by which we might get a handle on it" (Telegraph) --Telegraph

"Interesting and insightful . . . Hammond marshals a battery of psychological experiments to show us how to spend (and save) more wisely" (Sunday Times) --Sunday Times

From the Author:

Claudia is an award-winning broadcaster, writer and psychology lecturer. She is the presenter of All in the Mind & Mind Changers on BBC Radio 4 and Health Check on BBC World Service Radio and BBC World News TV. She is a columnist for BBC.com and regularly appears on Impact on BBC World News to discuss research in psychology. Claudia is on the part-time faculty at Boston University's London base where she lectures in health and social psychology. She is an Associate Director of Hubbub - a 22 month residency examining the topic of rest at Wellcome Collection. She is the author of three psychology books - "Emotional Rollercoaster: a journey through the science of feelings" and "Time Warped: Unlocking the mysteries of time Perception" and her new book is "Mind over Money: the psychology of money and how to use it better" published by Canongate in 2016.

About this edition

• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1782112065
• ISBN 13: 9781782112068
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384