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Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain
- Narrated by: Lisa Feldman Barrett
- Length: 3 hrs and 53 mins
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Publisher's Summary
From the author of How Emotions Are Made, a myth-busting primer on the brain in the tradition of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry.
Have you ever wondered why you have a brain? Let renowned neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett demystify that big gray blob between your ears. In seven short essays (plus a bite-sized story about how brains evolved), this slim, entertaining, and accessible collection reveals mind-expanding lessons from the front lines of neuroscience research. You'll learn where brains came from, how they're structured (and why it matters), and how yours works in tandem with other brains to create everything you experience. Along the way, you'll also learn to dismiss popular myths such as the idea of a "lizard brain" and the alleged battle between thoughts and emotions, or even between nature and nurture, to determine your behavior.
Sure to intrigue casual listeners and scientific veterans alike, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain is full of surprises, humor, and important implications for human nature - a gift of a book that you will want to savor again and again.
Critic Reviews
"Acclaimed neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett narrates her series of essays in this brief but sprightly introduction to the brain. In her erudite, enthusiastic voice…Barrett's goal is to give compelling and comprehensible information to a general audience. In this production she has definitely succeeded." - AudioFile Magazine, An Earphones Award Winner
“An excellent education in brain science…[Feldman Barrett] deftly employs metaphor and anecdote to deliver an insightful overview of her favorite subject…so short and sweet that most readers will continue to the 35-page appendix, in which the author delves more deeply, but with no less clarity, into topics ranging from teleology to the Myers-Briggs personality test to ‘Plato’s writings about the human psyche.’ Outstanding popular science.” - Kirkus, STARRED
"What about that 'three-pound blob between your ears'? In seven essays about the brain and a half-size one about its evolution…Barrett has crafted a well-written tribute to this wow-inducing organ." - Booklist
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- Amazon Customer
- 14-12-20
Great book. A life changing perspective
I am not a fan of scientific writing. It takes a lot of effort and time to maintain the interest of reading. I needed something more than just raw scientific data and research stories
This book has just done exactly the same. amazing redition and easy to understand.
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- Srini G
- 24-01-21
Great book about the functioning of brain
Nice explanation on working of brain at a conceptual people that we can understand easily. Lots of popular misconceptions about the brain cleared.
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- Yoosaf A.
- 02-12-22
Simply Riveting
The book has a stupendous effect on your perception of how you act as an individual and as a social entity. You are energised to the most relatable story telling for a very long time. This is not how to use your Facebook and Instagram effectively to make your life better, but it is how you 'think' Facebook is making you better... But isn't. I have not read this author earlier but she has an uncanny capability to keep you reading(listening in this case) her words that you just feel that she is writing out of your experiences in life. In short this is a book for everyone who want to know their brain from a social perspective with a scientific backing.
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- Bhaskar Natarajan, PCC
- 07-03-21
This changes everything again for me about Brain!
this is cutting edge research on Brain and Neuroscience! Dr. Lisa puts this in perspective.
this may shock you into new habit shifts regarding how Brain works!
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