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The Idiot Brain
A Neuroscientist Explains What
Your Head is Really Up To
DEAN BURNETT
Dedicated to every human with a brain.
It’s not an easy thing to put up with, so well done.
Contents
Title Page
Dedication
Introduction
1 Mind controls How the brain regulates the body, and usually makes a mess of things
2 The gift of memory (keep the receipt) The human memory system, and its strange features
3 Fear: nothing to be scared of The many ways in which the brain makes us constantly afraid
4 Think you’re clever, do you? The baffling science of intelligence
5 Did you see this chapter coming? The haphazard properties of the brain’s observational systems
6 Personality: a testing concept The complex and confusing properties of personality
7 Group hug! How the brain is influenced by other people
8 When the brain breaks down … Mental health problems, and how they come about
Afterword
Acknowledgements
Index
About the Author
Copyright
Introduction
This book begins the same way as nearly all my social interactions; with a series of detailed and thorough apologies.
Firstly, if you end up reading this book and not liking it, I’m sorry. It’s impossible to produce something that will be liked by everyone. If I could do that, I’d be the democratically elected leader of the world by now. Or Dolly Parton.
To me, the subjects covered in this book, focusing on the weird and peculiar processes in the brain and the illogical behaviours they produce, are endlessly fascinating. For example, did you know that your memory is egotistical? You might think it’s an accurate record of things that have happened to you or stuff you’ve learned, but it isn’t. Your memory often tweaks and adjusts the information it stores to make you look better, like a doting mother pointing out how wonderful her little Timmy was in the school play, even though little Timmy just stood there, picking his nose and dribbling.
Or how about the fact that stress can actually increase your performance at a task? It’s a neurological process, not just ‘something people say’. Deadlines are one of the most common ways of inducing stress that provoke an increase in performance. If the latter chapters of this book suddenly improve in quality, you now know why.
Secondly, while this is technically a science book, if you were expecting a sober discussion of the brain and its workings, then I apologise. You won’t be getting that. I am not from a ‘traditional’ scientific background; I’m the first out of everyone in my ............

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