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100 1 _aBurnett, Dean.
245 1 0 _aIdiot brain :
_bwhat your head is really up to /
_cDean Burnett.
250 _aFirst American edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bW.W. Norton & Company,
_c2016.
300 _a328 pages ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 305-320) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- Mind controls : how the brain regulates the body, and usually makes a mess of things -- Memories are made of this (some assembly required) : the human memory system, and its strange features -- We have nothing to fear but fear itself, and clowns : the many ways in which the brain makes us constantly scared -- Think you're clever, do you? : the baffling and complex science of intelligence -- You see this chapter coming? : the haphazard properties of the brain's observational systems -- You say you have a 'great personality', but how can you be sure? : the complex and confusing properties of personality -- Group hug! : how the brain is influenced by other people -- When the brain breaks down ... mental health problems, and how they come about -- Afterword.
650 0 _aConsciousness
_vPopular works.
650 0 _aBrain
_vPopular works.
650 0 _aNeurosciences
_vPopular works.
650 0 _aMemory
_vPopular works.
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