num_pages: 660
description: In this follow-up to The Language Instinct, the author extends the Darwinian cognitive approach of his previous book to the mind in general, covering its aspects from vision, memory and consciousness to humour, fear, lust and anger. The book attempts to explain current evolutionary psychology's understanding of the human mind.
language: English
title: How the Mind Works
titlecomplete: How the Mind Works
genres: Biology, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Science, Brain, Linguistics, Psychology, Evolution, Nonfiction, Popular Science
ratings_count: 20206
series: Language and Human Nature Tetralogy
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: General Nonfiction, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Science and Technology, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: General Nonfiction, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: William James Book Award
publisher: Penguin Books