TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hallinan,Joseph T.
TI  - Why we make mistakes: how we look without seeing, forget things in seconds, and are all pretty sure we are way above average 
SN  - 9780767928052 :
AV  - BF575.F14 H35 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Broadway Books
KW  - Failure (Psychology)
KW  - Errors
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-273) and index; We look but don't always see -- We all search for meaning -- We connect the dots -- We wear rose-colored glasses -- We can walk and chew gum- but not much else -- We're in the wrong frame of mind -- We skim -- We like things tidy -- Men shoot first -- Nobody thinks they're average -- We'd rather wing it -- We don't constrain ourselves -- The grass does look greener
N2  - Hallinan sets out to explore the captivating science of human error, and delves into psychology, neuroscience, and economics to discover why some of the same qualities that make us efficient also make us error-prone
ER  -