Idiot brain : what your head is really up to

Author

Dean Burnett

Call Number

• 612.8 B9644 (CEN, OSH)

Browse similar titles by call number

Edition

First American edition.

Publication Information

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.

Physical Description

328 pages ; 25 cm

Summary

"A delightful tour of our mysterious, mischievous gray matter from neuroscientist and massively popular Guardian blogger Dean Burnett,"--NoveList.

Contents

• Introduction
• Mind controls : how the brain regulates the body, and usually makes a mess of things
• Memories are made of this (some assembly required) : the human memory system, and its strange features
• We have nothing to fear but fear itself, and clowns : the many ways in which the brain makes us constantly scared
• Think you're clever, do you? : the baffling and complex science of intelligence
• You see this chapter coming? : the haphazard properties of the brain's observational systems
• You say you have a 'great personality', but how can you be sure? : the complex and confusing properties of personality
• Group hug! : how the brain is influenced by other people
• When the brain breaks down ... mental health problems, and how they come about
• Afterword.