A User's Guide to the Brain, (Paperback)

from eilleansiar

Humbling, isn't it? Your brain makes you smart, or a great tennis player, renowned explorer, or beloved parent. Our emotional life rules us - that's the way it had to be for our ancestors. They had to be quick on the draw to assess other people's motives, to react to danger, to respond appropriat...

from gravity-xiv

This is perhaps one of my favourite non-fiction titles. Clear and well organized, Ratey does an excellent job of making something so complex rather simple. Through usage of common vocabulary and (non redudant) repition, he explains many of the brains workings to the average reader (though perhaps...

from eileansiar

Humbling, isn't it? Your brain makes you smart, or a great tennis player, renowned explorer, or beloved parent. Our emotional life rules us - that's the way it had to be for our ancestors. They had to be quick on the draw to assess other people's motives, to react to danger, to respond appropriat...

from The_Hibernator

This was a very intelligent and fascinating book. I think it's supposed to be a "popular science" book on neuroscience (learning, memory, motor function, etc.), but I wouldn't recommend it to someone who is completely unfamiliar with the field. He does assume the reader is already comfortable wit...

from eilleansiar

Humbling, isn't it? Your brain makes you smart, or a great tennis player, renowned explorer, or beloved parent. Our emotional life rules us - that's the way it had to be for our ancestors. They had to be quick on the draw to assess other people's motives, to react to danger, to respond appropriat...