The Resource Idiot brain : what your head is really up to, Dean Burnett
Idiot brain : what your head is really up to, Dean Burnett
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The item Idiot brain : what your head is really up to, Dean Burnett represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
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- Summary
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- "A delightful tour of our mysterious, mischievous gray matter from neuroscientist and massively popular Guardian blogger Dean Burnett,"--NoveList
- We cling to superstitions and miss things sitting right in front of us-- but that's actually just a sign of a well-meaning brain doing its best to keep you alive and healthy. Burnett takes the reader on a delightful tour of our mysterious, mischievous gray matter, and helps you understand how our brains actually work
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- 328 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction
- Mind controls: how the brain regulates the body, and usually makes a mess of things
- The gift of memory (keep the receipt): the human memory system, and its strange features
- Fear: nothing to be scared of: the many ways in which the brain makes us constantly afraid
- Think you're clever, do you?: the baffling and complex science of intelligence
- Did you see this chapter coming?: the haphazard properties of the brain's observational systems
- Personality: a testing concept: the complex and confusing properties of personality
- Group hug!: how the brain is influenced by other people
- When the brain breaks down... mental health problems, and how they come about
- Afterword
- Isbn
- 9780393253788
- Label
- Idiot brain : what your head is really up to
- Title
- Idiot brain
- Title remainder
- what your head is really up to
- Statement of responsibility
- Dean Burnett
- Subject
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- Brain -- Popular works
- Brain -- physiology
- Consciousness
- Consciousness
- Consciousness -- Popular works
- Gehirn
- Hirnforschung
- Memory
- Memory
- Memory -- Popular works
- Mental Processes -- physiology
- Neurosciences
- Brain
- Neurosciences -- Popular works
- Neurowissenschaften
- PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology
- PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology
- Popular works
- Popular works
- SCIENCE / Cognitive Science
- SCIENCE / Cognitive Science
- SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects
- SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects
- Neurosciences
- Brain
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- "A delightful tour of our mysterious, mischievous gray matter from neuroscientist and massively popular Guardian blogger Dean Burnett,"--NoveList
- We cling to superstitions and miss things sitting right in front of us-- but that's actually just a sign of a well-meaning brain doing its best to keep you alive and healthy. Burnett takes the reader on a delightful tour of our mysterious, mischievous gray matter, and helps you understand how our brains actually work
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Burnett, Dean
- Dewey number
- 612.8
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QP411
- LC item number
- .B867 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- NLM call number
- WL 300
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Consciousness
- Brain
- Neurosciences
- Memory
- Brain
- Consciousness
- Memory
- Neurosciences
- Gehirn
- Hirnforschung
- Neurowissenschaften
- PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology
- SCIENCE / Cognitive Science
- SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects
- SCIENCE / Cognitive Science
- Neurosciences
- SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects
- PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology
- Memory
- Brain
- Consciousness
- Consciousness
- Memory
- Brain
- Mental Processes
- Label
- Idiot brain : what your head is really up to, Dean Burnett
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Mind controls: how the brain regulates the body, and usually makes a mess of things -- The gift of memory (keep the receipt): the human memory system, and its strange features -- Fear: nothing to be scared of: the many ways in which the brain makes us constantly afraid -- Think you're clever, do you?: the baffling and complex science of intelligence -- Did you see this chapter coming?: the haphazard properties of the brain's observational systems -- Personality: a testing concept: the complex and confusing properties of personality -- Group hug!: how the brain is influenced by other people -- When the brain breaks down... mental health problems, and how they come about -- Afterword
- Control code
- ocn921868676
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- 328 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393253788
- Lccn
- 2016009451
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780393253788
- (OCoLC)921868676
- Label
- Idiot brain : what your head is really up to, Dean Burnett
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Mind controls: how the brain regulates the body, and usually makes a mess of things -- The gift of memory (keep the receipt): the human memory system, and its strange features -- Fear: nothing to be scared of: the many ways in which the brain makes us constantly afraid -- Think you're clever, do you?: the baffling and complex science of intelligence -- Did you see this chapter coming?: the haphazard properties of the brain's observational systems -- Personality: a testing concept: the complex and confusing properties of personality -- Group hug!: how the brain is influenced by other people -- When the brain breaks down... mental health problems, and how they come about -- Afterword
- Control code
- ocn921868676
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- 328 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393253788
- Lccn
- 2016009451
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780393253788
- (OCoLC)921868676
Subject
- Brain -- Popular works
- Brain -- physiology
- Consciousness
- Consciousness
- Consciousness -- Popular works
- Gehirn
- Hirnforschung
- Memory
- Memory
- Memory -- Popular works
- Mental Processes -- physiology
- Neurosciences
- Brain
- Neurosciences -- Popular works
- Neurowissenschaften
- PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology
- PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology
- Popular works
- Popular works
- SCIENCE / Cognitive Science
- SCIENCE / Cognitive Science
- SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects
- SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects
- Neurosciences
- Brain
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