![]() Accessible and entertaining, this book explains why your ever-helpful brain can rewrite your history, make you overlook a gorilla, or lose an argument you should win. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for The Idiot Brain: A Neuroscientist Explains What Your Head is. ![]() "A helpful and often hilarious antidote to current brain hype. Full of fascinating insight into the brain and the origins of our crazy behavior." - Gaia Vince, author of Adventures in the Anthropocene "An entertaining romp through the science of our mental processes. A great read." - Jon Ronson, best-selling author of So You've Been Publicly Shamed ![]() ![]() "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, best-selling author of You Are Not So Smart "A wonderful introduction to neuroscience deserves to be widely read." - Independent "Burnett is a refreshing sort of neuroscientist in that he does not seem to consider the brain with any particular reverence if anything, he seems mildly impatient about its many ridiculous failings." - Melissa Dahl - New York Magazine In his book, Idiot Brain, Burnett aims to take our most prized organ down a peg or two." - Libby Copeland - Smithsonian ![]() But if he's being honest, it's 'really quite rubbish in a lot of ways,' he says. "Don't get him wrong: Dean Burnett loves the brain as much as the next neuroscientist. ![]()
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