“If you’ve ever wanted to sit down with a neuroscientist, have a few drinks, ask a zillion questions, and laugh until you snorted, read this book.” - David McRaney, bestselling author of You Are Not So Smart a great read.” - Jon Ronson, author of The Psycopath Test and So You've Been Publicly Shamed In this funny and fascinating book he takes up-to-date research in neuroscience and adds a good dash of humour to examine how and why our brains sabotage our behaviour.” - Cosmos Magazine “Dean Burnett, a neuroscientist, is also a massively popular science blogger for The Guardian newspaper. “This is a wonderful introduction to neuroscience, and deserves to be widely read.” - Independent (UK) “Expertly researched and entertainingly written, this book is for anyone who has wondered why their brain appears to be sabotaging their life, and what on earth it is really up to.” - Guardian piques readers’ interest with some whacky or puzzling behavior and thoughtfully explains the underlying neuroscience.” - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Packs an incredible amount of information into an accessible package with this breezy, charming collection of pop neuroscience musings on ‘how the human brain does its own thing despite everything the modern world can throw at it.’” - Publishers Weekly “We love a good brain book, and Idiot Brain by Dean Burnett might just be our new favorite.” - Bookish

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.” - Wall Street Journal This is lucid, funny and smart: in short, the best kind of popular science. alcohol can sometimes improve your memory?ĭean Burnett’s unpredictable and entertaining first book explores the unexpected side of everyday life, highlighting where conventional thinking is wrong and how our brains trip us up at every turn.the way the brain’s processing works means that time really does fly if you’re having fun?.the brain’s limitations mean you really can miss something that’s right under your nose?.conspiracy theories and superstitions stem from your brain’s insistence that the world isn’t random?.stress can actually increase your performance at a task?.In The Idiot Brain, Dean Burnett celebrates the downright laughable things our minds do to us, as well as exposing the fact that people are often way off in their thinking about how the brain works. It’s undeniably impressive, but it’s far from perfect, and these imperfections influence everything that humans say, do and experience. The brain may be the seat of consciousness and the engine of all human experience, but it’s also messy, fallible and disorganized.

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