Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles...

Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday ... | Sandra Aamodt, Sam Wang | Everything you've wanted to know about your brain (but were afraid to ask)

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Welcome to Your Br...

	Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday ... Sandra Aamodt, Sam Wang Bloomsbury USA, 2008 - 240 pages average customer review:based on 27 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Brainy, fascinating fun

"Welcome to Your Brain" examines the kinds of questions that got me interested in neuroscience 20 years ago when I was a college student fascinated by Oliver Sacks.

The tour of our mental landscape is presented in very short chapters that are punctuated by "Did you know?" "Practical tip" and "Myth" pullout boxes. The scientifically-accurate, up-to-date information covers details about how the brain works, while also providing a plethora of fun dinner-table conversation starters.

"Welcome to Your Brain" provides a great entry point for curious students and anyone interested in learning more about science. It's unusual to find a book that covers both the biological details as well as the science and society issues related to the brain.

So if you are curious why you can't tickle yourself, what the Dalai Lama thinks about reaching enlightenment through "artificial" means like drugs or surgery, and how brain function is related to prejudice, you'll want to check out "Welcome to Your Brain."

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Everything you've wanted to know about your brain (but were afraid to ask)

I've always wanted to know more about our brains but I wanted to make sure I had the latest research, a book from 20 years ago will not do. This book helps you catch up with the latest research and a lot more. It engages you with useful ways to come to an understanding of how your brain works. This is good for us people who want a simple way to visualize what is going on.

The best part about this book is the authors have created a book that is witty and entertaining. This makes an already interesting subject fun. I'd recommend it for libraries and schools.

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Fun to read and good for you, too

I thoroughly enjoyed this book! Of all the popular science brain books on the market, few are as credible, readable, or entertaining. The point of departure for most topics as they are introduced is to debunk common myths and misunderstandings about the brain. These authors actually know what they're talking about and they manage to convey their message in a fluid conversational style rather than getting bogged down in technical jargon or worse---they never lapse into the psychobabble found in too many self help type neuroscience books. Grounded in common sense, yet authoritative and up-to-date---it's a great read!

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Entertaining and Useful Book about the Brain

I really liked this book. I'm a psychology professor, and I think the book will be a great gift for family members who want to learn more about what I study, and for friends who are curious about the mind and how it works. The book provides a clear and educational introduction to the psychology and neuroscience of thinking and perception, in a very entertaining manner. I think the book is a great read for people with some knowledge in the field too (such as psychology instructors, medical doctors). It is full of surprising anecdotes that make great cocktail conversation, and actually teach you something about the brain in the process. I think I will leave it on my coffee table so I can remind myself of some of the cool examples in it.

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Demystifing a complex subject with humor and real insight

As a sufferer of Parkinson's disease, one of many Neurological diseases suffered today by millions world wide, I found this book both interesting and informative. It is written with real knowledge -as confirmed by my Neurologist, and with humor and just a little smugness at their debunking many of the myths we have held near and dear.
It is at once informative and interesting and really easy to read. It certainly exceeded my expectation. I have recommended it to many people from my Neurologist and other health professionals, to my fellow Parkinson's sufferers and other interested people.
Unfortunately I still can not remember where I put my car keys, and according to my kids, I have also forgotten how to drive.

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