{"product_id":"seven-and-a-half-lessons-about-the-brain-isbn-9780358645597","title":"Seven And A Half Lessons About The Brain","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eHow Emotions Are Made,\u003c\/i\u003e a myth-busting primer on the brain in the tradition of \u003ci\u003eSeven Brief Lessons on Physics\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAstrophysics for People in a Hurry.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHave you ever wondered why you have a brain? Let renowned neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett demystify that big gray blob between your ears and explain how the brain works. In seven short essays (plus a bite-sized story about how brains evolved), this slim, entertaining, and accessible collection reveals mind-expanding lessons about the human mind 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSure to intrigue casual readers and scientific veterans alike, \u003ci\u003eSeven and a Half Lessons About the Brain\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat other brain myths will be busted, and what new discoveries await inside?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBody Budgeting:\u003c\/b\u003e Discover your brain’s most important job—and why it isn’t thinking. Learn how your brain manages a complex budget for your body to keep you alive and well.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Predictive Brain:\u003c\/b\u003e Find out why your brain doesn’t react to the world but actively predicts it, constructing your experience of reality from inside a dark, silent box.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eOne Brain, Not Three:\u003c\/b\u003e Dismiss popular but incorrect myths like the 'lizard brain' and the supposed battle between thoughts and emotions once and for all.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSocially Wired:\u003c\/b\u003e Understand how your brain works in tandem with other brains, constantly affecting and being affected by the people around you in surprising ways.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"This short, concise, readable, thought-challenging view of the complex brain will pique the reader and puzzle the mind wondering what reality really is.\"\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Book Review \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e   \"A deeply researched, compulsively readable, subtly philosophical tour through the human brain…. In just a few pages, Barrett dispels myths so deeply entrenched that many of us assumed they were indisputable scientific fact (goodbye, lizard brain!) And she does all of this with the effortless concision of a poet, not a word wasted…. [\u003cem\u003eSeven and a Half Lessons About the Brain\u003c\/em\u003e] deserves to be read and re-read and then, just as important, to be thought about deeply.\"\u003cstrong\u003e—Dan Pink\u003c\/strong\u003e   \"Highly recommended, this smart pithy primer on the brain is fascinating.”\u003cstrong\u003e—Michael Pollan, via Twitter\u003c\/strong\u003e   “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.”—\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e, STARRED\u003c\/strong\u003e   \"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.\"\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBooklist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e   “[A] must-read science book. Neuroscientist Barrett takes readers on a journey from the first earthly creatures, through the musings of ancient philosophers, and to present-day neuroscience.”\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eDiscover Magazine \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e​   “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.”\u003cstrong\u003e—David Eagleman, Stanford neuroscientist, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e bestselling author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIncognito\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e and \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLivewired\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e   \"\u003cem\u003eSeven and a Half Lessons About the Brain\u003c\/em\u003e reads like a novel—one whose 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.\"\u003cstrong\u003e—Leonard Mlodinow, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e bestselling author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Drunkard’s Walk\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSubliminal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, and \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eElastic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e   “A radical and provocative look at a range of pervasive misconceptions, emerging discoveries, and enticing mysteries regarding our very nature as individuals and intertwined social beings. By illuminating our unimaginably complex, constantly changing brain\/body networks, Barrett gets to the heart of the new understanding of who and what we are as creatures, and how much latitude and agency we have.\"\u003cstrong\u003e—Jon Kabat-Zinn, Founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), author of \u003cem\u003eFull Catastrophe Living\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Healing Power of Mindfulness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e   \"Lisa Feldman Barrett is a pioneer in neuroscience and one of today’s most provocative thinkers about the mind. Get ready to have yours blown.\"\u003cstrong\u003e—Adam Grant, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e bestselling author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOriginals\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e and \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGive and Take\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e   \"A smart and delightfully breezy look at the things most of us think we know about the brain, but don't.\"\u003cstrong\u003e—Daniel Gilbert, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eStumbling on Happiness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e   \"Barrett writes with a scientist's eye and a storyteller's heart. A must-read for anyone who has a brain.\"\u003cstrong\u003e—Helen S. 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