Cognitivism, cognitive theory

Alex Hutchinson returns with a fresh, provocative investigation into how exploration, uncertainty, and risk shape our behaviour and help us find meaning. Off the beaten path, following unmarked trails, we are wired to explore. More than just a need to get outside, the search for the unknown is a primal urge that has shaped the history of our species and continues to mold our behaviour in ways we are only beginning to understand. In fact, the latest neuroscience suggests that exploration in any form – whether it’s trying a new restaurant, changing careers, or deciding to run a marathon – is an essential ingredient of human life. Exploration, it turns out, isn’t merely a hobby – it’s our story. In this book, Hutchinson refutes the myth that, in our fully mapped digital world, the age of exploration is dead.