Mind Wide Open: Your brain and the neuroscience of everyday life
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I found this book fascinating. I knew a little about how the brain works through my work as a teacher, but this took it further and in interesting directions. I was particularly fascinated by the idea of different 'attentions' and how it is not as straightforward as you think when you tell somebody to 'pay attention'. I read this as an e-book and am now going to buy the paperback to read again.
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My head hurts
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Having read 'Everything Bad Is Good For You' by the same author straight through in under one week, my expectations were set suitably high for this book. It is, however, one of those books that is hard to read more than a paragraph at a time as there is so much to take in; lots of scientific terms, data, theories - revelations even. Essentially, it's about how technology can be used to improve the performance of the human brain by creating a clearer understanding of how the different areas, chemicals, neurons, etc. interact to create, well, our everyday view of the world. A new insight into the inner workings of the mind.
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