Idiot Brain: What Your Head Is Really Up To
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A neuroscientist's delightful tour of our mysterious, mischievous, entirely fallible gray matter.It's happened to all of us at some point. You walk into the kitchen, or flip open your laptop, or stride confidently up to a lectern, filled with purpose―and suddenly haven't the foggiest idea what you’re doing. Welcome to your idiot brain.Yes, it is an absolute marvel in some respects―the seat of our consciousness, the pinnacle (so far) of evolutionary progress, and the engine of all human experience―but your brain is also messy, fallible, and about 50,000 years out-of-date. We cling to superstitions, remember faces but not
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Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
Release date: 26 July 2016
ISBN-10 : 0393253783 | ISBN-13: 9780393253788
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Release date: 26 July 2016
ISBN-10 : 0393253783 | ISBN-13: 9780393253788
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