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The Resource Idiot brain : what your head is really up to, Dean Burnett

Idiot brain : what your head is really up to, Dean Burnett

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
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • "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
  • 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
Instantiates
Publication
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
Label
Idiot brain : what your head is really up to, Dean Burnett
Publication
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

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