The Idiot Brain: A Neuroscientist Explains What Your Head Is Really Up To by Dean Burnett

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 memory is egotistical. No, really. Conspiracy theories and superstitions are the inevitable effects of a healthy brain. And alcohol can actually improve your memory.

Publisher:	Guardian Books
Year:	2016
Binding:	Paperback
ISBN:	9781783350810
Condition:	Good
Description:	Page edges soiled, stain to bottom of some pages.

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SKU: 1604078
Location: Science