Idiot brain : what your head is really up to
Burnett, Dean.
Idiot brain : what your head is really up to / Dean Burnett. - First American edition. - 328 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-320) and index.
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.
9780393253788 (hardcover)
2016009451
Consciousness--Popular works.
Brain--Popular works.
Neurosciences--Popular works.
Memory--Popular works.
QP411 / .B867 2016
Idiot brain : what your head is really up to / Dean Burnett. - First American edition. - 328 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-320) and index.
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.
9780393253788 (hardcover)
2016009451
Consciousness--Popular works.
Brain--Popular works.
Neurosciences--Popular works.
Memory--Popular works.
QP411 / .B867 2016
