Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett - ISBN: 9781529018646
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Unsettle your world with seven lessons about your amazing, misunderstood brain.

Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain

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  • Paperback

    192 pages

  • Release Date

    25 January 2022

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Summary

“I thought it might be fun for people to be able to a read a neuroscience book on the beach,” Barrett explains. But be warned: you may find your world turned upside down before it is time for cocktails. - Guardian

Each lesson will enlighten and unsettle you. It’s like lifting up the hood of a car to see an engine, except that the car is you and you find an engine that doesn’t work at all like you thought it did. - GQ

In seven short chapters (plus a brief hist…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529018646
ISBN-10:1529018641
Author:Lisa Feldman Barrett
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Imprint:Picador
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:192
Release Date:25 January 2022
Weight:138g
Dimensions:197mm x 130mm x 12mm
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Critics Review

Beautiful writing and sublime insights that will blow your mind like a string of firecrackers. If you want a rundown of the brain and its magic, start here.

Beautiful writing and sublime insights that will blow your mind like a string of firecrackers. If you want a rundown of the brain and its magic, start here. – David Eagleman, New York Times bestselling author of IncognitoSeven and a Half Lessons About the Brain reads like a novel – and its main character is all of us. In fresh and lively prose, Barrett provides deep insight into what brains are for, how they operate and are programmed, how they create the ‘reality’ we experience, and how they ultimately produce our thoughts, feelings, and actions. Read this book! It will make you smarter about yourself, and your species. – Leonard Mlodinow, New York Times bestselling author of The Drunkard’s WalkA smart and delightfully breezy look at the things most of us think we know about the brain, but don’t. – Daniel Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Stumbling on Happiness

About The Author

Lisa Feldman Barrett

Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD is among the top one per cent most-cited scientists in the world for her revolutionary research in psychology and neuroscience. She is a University Distinguished Professor at Northeastern University with appointments at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Barrett was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship in neuroscience in 2019, and she is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Royal Society of Canada. She lives in Boston.

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