![]() ![]() Along the way he explains the human brain's imperfections in all their glory and how these influence everything we say, do and experience. In The Idiot Brain, neuroscientist Dean Burnett tours our mysterious and mischievous grey (and white) matter. For example, did you know that your memory is egotistical? That conspiracy theories and superstitions are the inevitable effects of a healthy brain? Or that alcohol can actually improve your memory?** For something supposedly so brilliant and evolutionarily advanced, the human brain is pretty messy, fallible and disorganised. ![]() 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? Why do you lose arguments with people who know MUCH LESS than you? Why can you recognise that woman, from that thing. ![]()
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