Idiot Brain: What Your Head Is Really Up To

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Author: Dean Burnett ISBN: 9780393253795
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Publication: July 25, 2016
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company Language: English
Author: Dean Burnett
ISBN: 9780393253795
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication: July 25, 2016
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English

"If you’ve ever wanted to sit down with a neuroscientist, have a few drinks, ask a zillion questions, and laugh until you snorted, read this book." —David McRaney, best-selling author of You Are Not So Smart

The brain is an absolute marvel—the seat of our consciousness, the pinnacle (so far) of evolutionary progress, and the engine of human experience. But it’s also messy, fallible, and about 50,000 years out of date. We cling to superstitions, remember faces but not names, miss things sitting right in front of us, and lie awake at night while our brains endlessly replay our greatest fears. Idiot Brain is for anyone who has ever wondered why their brain appears to be sabotaging their life—and what on earth it is really up to.

Library Journal Science Bestseller
Goodreads Choice Award Science & Technology Finalist

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"If you’ve ever wanted to sit down with a neuroscientist, have a few drinks, ask a zillion questions, and laugh until you snorted, read this book." —David McRaney, best-selling author of You Are Not So Smart

The brain is an absolute marvel—the seat of our consciousness, the pinnacle (so far) of evolutionary progress, and the engine of human experience. But it’s also messy, fallible, and about 50,000 years out of date. We cling to superstitions, remember faces but not names, miss things sitting right in front of us, and lie awake at night while our brains endlessly replay our greatest fears. Idiot Brain is for anyone who has ever wondered why their brain appears to be sabotaging their life—and what on earth it is really up to.

Library Journal Science Bestseller
Goodreads Choice Award Science & Technology Finalist

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