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Burnett, Dean.
Idiot brain :
what your head is really up to /
Dean Burnett.
First American edition.
New York :
W.W. Norton & Company,
2016.
328 pages ;
25 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-320) and index.
Introduction -- Mind controls : how the brain regulates the body, and usually makes a mess of things -- The gift of memory (keep the receipt) : the human memory system, and its strange features -- Fear : Nothing to be scared of : the many ways in which the brain makes us constantly afraid -- Think you're clever, do you? : the baffling science of intelligence -- Did you see this chapter coming? : the haphazard properties of the brain's observational systems -- Personality: a testing concept: 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.
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Consciousness
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Consciousness.
Brain
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Brain.
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Memory
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