The Elephant in the Brain

The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
First edition
AuthorsKevin Simler and Robin Hanson
LanguageEnglish
SubjectsHuman behaviour, signalling (economics)
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date
2018
Pages416
ISBN9780190495992
Preceded byThe Age of Em 

The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life is a 2018 nonfiction book by Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson. Simler is a writer and software engineer, while Hanson is an associate professor of economics at George Mason University. The book explores self-deception and hidden motives in human behaviour. The publisher's website describes the aim of the book as 'to track down the darker, unexamined corners of our psyches and blast them with floodlights'.[1]

  1. ^ Simler, Kevin; Hanson, Robin (February 8, 2018). The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-049599-2.