The Idiot Brain: A Neuroscientist Explains What Your Head is Really Up To
(Paperback, Main)
Publishing Details
The Idiot Brain: A Neuroscientist Explains What Your Head is Really Up To
By (Author) Dean Burnett
Guardian Faber Publishing
Guardian Faber Publishing
26th April 2017
2nd March 2017
Main
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Cognitive and behavioural neuroscience
Popular psychology
Psychology
612.82
Physical Properties
Paperback
336
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 20mm
279g
Description
Motion sickness. Nightmares. Forgetting people's names. Why did I walk into this room
For something supposedly so brilliant and evolutionarily advanced, the human brain is pretty messy, fallible and disorganised. In The Idiot Brain neuroscientist Dean Burnett celebrates the imperfections of the human brain in all their glory, and the impact of these quirks on our daily lives. Expertly researched and entertainingly written, this book is for anyone who has wondered why their brain seems to be sabotaging their life, and what on earth it is really up to.
Author Bio
Dr Dean Burnett is a neuroscientist working as a tutor and lecturer based at Cardiff University's Institute of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences. He has been dabbling in stand-up and comedy writing for over a decade.His Guardian Science blog, 'Brain Flapping', has been viewed over 13 million times in the last three years.
