A User's Guide to the Brain: Perception, Attention, and the Four Theaters of the Brain

John Ratey, best-selling author and clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, lucidly explains the human brain's workings, and paves the way for a better understanding of how the brain affects who we are.Ratey provides insight into the basic structure and chemistry of the brain, and demonstrates how its systems shape our perceptions, emotions, and behavior.By giving us a greater understanding of how the brain responds to the guidance of its user, he provides us with knowledge that can enable us to improve our lives.In A User's Guide to the Brain, Ratey clearly and succinctly surveys what scientists now know about the brain and how we use it.