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Incognito, June 2011
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The Secret Lives of the Brain
Pantheon
June 2011
On Sale: May 31, 2011
304 pages ISBN: 0307377334 EAN: 9780307377333 Kindle: B004J4WK9W Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction
If the conscious mind—the part you consider to be you—is
just the tip of the iceberg, what is the rest doing?
In this sparkling and provocative new book, the renowned
neuroscientist David Eagleman navigates the depths of the
subconscious brain to illuminate surprising mysteries: Why
can your foot move halfway to the brake pedal before you
become consciously aware of danger ahead? Why do you hear
your name being mentioned in a conversation that you didn’t
think you were listening to? What do Ulysses and the credit
crunch have in common? Why did Thomas Edison electrocute an
elephant in 1916? Why are people whose names begin with J
more likely to marry other people whose names begin with J?
Why is it so difficult to keep a secret? And how is it
possible to get angry at yourself—who, exactly, is mad at whom?
Taking in brain damage, plane spotting, dating, drugs,
beauty, infidelity, synesthesia, criminal law, artificial
intelligence, and visual illusions, Incognito is a thrilling
subsurface exploration of the mind and all its contradictions.
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