Idiot Brain What Your Head Is Really Up To [Hardcover]

Entertaining . . . offers illuminating discussions of the way the memory works, of fear and panic attacks, of our susceptibility to being conned or depressed, and of the marvels of the human senses.WeA neuroscientist's irreverent guide to the brain. . . . Burnett manages to both entertain and inform in engaging ways that would benefit the performance of the most humorless pedant.British neuroscientist Burnett, author of theInI really admire Dean Burnetts work. Hes very compelling and wise and rational. You know you can trust him and you know its going to be a great read.An entertaining romp through the science of our mental processes . . . fascinating.A neuroscientist's delightful tour of our mysterious, mischievous, entirely fallible gray matter.