I guarantee you will want to start listening to the book immediately. If you want to wet your appetite after purchasing the book, skip to Chapter 8, and listen to the point where he says "and that is when the brain is working normally", it is about 30 seconds of narration. If you want an appreciation of the ways our normally functioning brains can be a liability, this is a great book. He presents the extremely complicated workings of the brain in a way that is understandable, relatable and fun. To me, Dean Burnett is the Brian Cox of neuroscience. **Editor's note: please listen to the book before testing this conclusion.įrom the hugely popular Guardian science blogger, a surprising, funny and mind-bending examination of how and why the brain sabotages our behavior. Expertly researched and entertainingly written, this audiobook is for anyone who has wondered why their brain appears to be sabotaging their life, and what on earth it is really up to. Along the way he explains the human brain's imperfections in all their glory and how these influence everything we say, do and experience. In The Idiot Brain, neuroscientist Dean Burnett tours our mysterious and mischievous grey (and white) matter. And alcohol can actually improve your memory.** Conspiracy theories and superstitions are the inevitable effects of a healthy brain. Why can you recognize that woman, from that thing.but can't remember her name?Īnd why, after your last break-up, did you find yourself in the fetal position on the sofa for days, moving only to wipe the snot and tears haphazardly from your face? Here's why: the idiot brain.įor something supposedly so brilliant and evolutionarily advanced, the human brain is pretty messy, fallible and disorganized. Why do you lose arguments with people who know MUCH LESS than you?
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