TY - BOOK AU - Burnett,Dean TI - Idiot brain : : what your head is really up to SN - 9780393253788 (hardcover) AV - QP411 .B867 2016 PY - 2016/// CY - New York PB - W.W. Norton & Company KW - Consciousness KW - Popular works KW - Brain KW - Neurosciences KW - Memory N1 - 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 ER -