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Renowned social psychologists Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson take a compelling look into how the brain is wired for self-justification. When we make mistakes, we must calm the cognitive dissonance that jars our feelings of self-worth. And so we create fictions that absolve us of responsibility, restoring our belief that we are smart, moral, and right - a belief that often keeps us on a course that is dumb, immoral, and wrong. Backed by years of research and delivered in energetic prose, Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) offers a fascinating explanation of self-deception.

For years, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was the medically approved way to alleviate menopausal symptoms (ranging from hot flushes to brain fog) and reduce the risk of heart disease, Alzheimer's, and osteoporosis. But when a large study by the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) announced, with national fanfare, that women taking HRT had an increased risk of breast cancer, women were scared off, and the treatment was abandoned.

Why do people dodge responsibility when things fall apart? Why the parade of public figures unable to own up when they screw up? Why the endless marital quarrels over who is right? Why can we see hypocrisy in others but not in ourselves? Are we all liars? Or do we really believe the stories we tell? Backed by years of research and delivered in lively, energetic prose, Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) offers a fascinating explanation of self-deception.

Una defensa convincente y “fascinante” (Robert Cialdini) de la terapia de reemplazo hormonal (TRH) que evidencia de manera contundente sus beneficios para la salud y longevidad de las mujeres y expone las conclusiones científicas erradas que provocaron su rechazo.

Durante años, la terapia de reemplazo hormonal (TRH) fue aclamada como un milagro. Estudio tras estudio demostraron que si se inicia este tratamiento al inicio de la menopausia, podría aliviar síntomas como bochornos y pérdida de memoria.

Cuando cometemos errores, nos aferramos a actitudes anticuadas o maltratamos a otras personas, debemos calmar la disonancia cognitiva que pone en jaque nuestros sentimientos de autoestima. Respaldado por décadas de investigación, este libro ofrece una explicación fascinante de la autojustificación: cómo funciona, el daño que puede causar y cómo podemos superarla.