Searcher of the Human Mind

‘A fantastic guide to getting out of our own heads and finding more connection, presence, and joy’ LAURIE SANTOS, Professor of Psychology at Yale University and host of The Happiness Lab podcast

‘A rare bird – a book that is grounded in the best new science, written with wit and wisdom, and provides clear and valuable lessons for living your best life. Highly recommended!’ DANIEL GILBERT, author of the New York Times bestseller Stumbling on Happiness

'Beautifully written and brilliantly argued, Possessed is one of the few things you really need to own' DANIEL GILBERT

Science writing at its best: it's funny, smart, and on an fascinating topic. -- PAUL BLOOM

Ownership is a surprisingly nuanced and wonderfully colorful topic, and no one is better poised to tell its story than psychologist and author Bruce Hood. The book he's written is a page-turner that puts our intuitions under the spotlight at every turn.
DAVID EAGLEMAN, bestselling author of 'The Brain' and 'Incognito'

'the breezily written The Domesticated Brain holds its own in the tradition of those blue-spined , cheaply produced Pelican books, that imprint beloved of students.. " THE TIMES

'This is a riveting read from one of the leading lights of modern psychology, Bruce Hood of the University of Bristol.'  CATNIP

'It is a great introductory book, or a way to consolidate an undergraduate degree, quoting every famous study from Milgram and Zimbardo, to Ainsworth and Maslow.'

BRITISH PSYCHOLGICAL SOCIETY

'Wonderful, illuminating, full of insight, beauty and humour. Get to know Thyself!' DAVID EAGLEMAN

' a fascinating and beautifully written book, made personal by examples from the author’s own life.'  ROYAL SOCIETY OF BIOLOGY

Hood has amassed a mountain of support for his argument, covering brain development through social interaction such as attachment, the importance of social mimicry, the illogicality of free will, on-line and off-line selves and much, much more. NATURE

fascinating, timely and important book..Hood's presentation of the science behind our supersense is crystal clear and utterly engaging - NEW SCIENTIST

Marvelous ... chock full of real-world examples reinforced by experimental research, Hood builds a theoretical model to explain how the mind comes to sense that there is something beyond the natural world, something supernatural .... This book is an important contribution to the psychological literature that is revealing the actuality of our very irrational human nature.' MICHAEL SHERMER in SCIENCE

'An intriguing look at a feature of the human mind that is subtle in its operation but profound in its consequences.' STEVE PINKER