Hope and Despair
Subtitle: How Perceptions of the Future Shape Human Behavior
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: August 25, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780801879487
Subjects: States of consciousness; Mind-Body Relations (Metaphysi; Expectation (Psychology); Psychology; Movements - Behaviorism; Cognitive Psychology; Medical / Neuroscience; Emotions; Neuroscience; Cognition; Hope
First sentence: Hope is a uniquely human emotion that energizes us to engage in projects we believe will enhance our future well-being, even though they are of no immediate value to us.