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The Idiot Brain A Neuroscientist Explains what Your Head is Really Up to

Paperback ā€¢ 2016 ā€¢ English

The Idiot Brain A Neuroscientist Explains what Your Head is Really Up to

By Dean Burnett

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About the book

Why do you lose arguments with people who know MUCH LESS than you? Why can you recognise that woman, from that thing . . . but can't remember her name? And why, after your last break-up, did you find yourself in the foetal position on the sofa for days, moving only to wipe the snot and tears haphazardly from your face? Here's why: the idiot brain. For something supposedly so brilliant and evolutionarily advanced, the human brain is pretty messy, fallible and disorganised. For example, your memor...Show more

Social research and statistics
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9781783350810

Publisher

Faber & Faber, Limited

Published year

2016

Language

English

Original title

The Idiot Brain A Neuroscientist Explains what Your Head is Really Up to

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Paperback

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