Unabridged Audiobook
The examples explained in the book were a bit long but it helped to understand the topic better.
Fascinating subject that discusses issues of cognition and brain function we all take for granted...until. Well written and ynderstandable on some level to everyone. The narrator is excellent. It's a book I intend to keep and return to....especially since my memory isn't what it used to be.
Interesting well written book
I thought the subject matter was very interesting for a technical science book. I learned a little about brain functions and what scientists know and don't know about how our brains make decisions The author captured my attention quickly by discussing the function of the frontal lobe and how movies and real therapies continued the myth that removal of that part of the brain would stop violent tendencies. Actually people without their frontal lobes could function with full memories, but could lose their ability to perform or execute normal procedures that they knew how to do. Another discussion was about how we can be physically exhausted to where we cannot function no matter what incentives we are given, whereas our mental states always seems to be able to function at leadt minimally no matter how long we must think about something, especially if given an incentive. The scary part for me, which is not discussed in the book, is that if companies can retrieve data on me through my Internet usage, and can determine my mental strengths and weaknesses, they can manipulate me in many more ways that they already do. Listening to this book really got me thinking about what could happen in the future as we gain more knowledge about our brains.
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