In this nationally bestselling, compulsively readable account of
what makes brain science a vital component of people's quest to
know themselves, acclaimed science writer Steven Johnson subjects
his own brain to a battery of tests to find out what's really going
on inside. He asks:
- How do we "read" other people?
- What is the neurochemistry behind love and sex?
- What does it mean that the brain is teeming with powerful
chemicals closely related to recreational drugs?
- Why does music move us to tears?
- Where do breakthrough ideas come from?
Johnson answers these and many more questions arising from the
events of our everyday lives. You do not have to be a
neuroscientist to wonder, for example, why do you smile? And why do
you sometimes smile inappropriately, even if you don't want to? How
do others read your inappropriate smile? How does such interplay
occur neurochemically, and what, if anything, can you do about it?
Fascinating and rewarding, "Mind Wide Open" speaks to brain buffs,
self-obsessed neurotics, barstool psychologists, mystified parents,
grumpy spouses, exasperated managers, and anyone who enjoys
speculating and gossiping about the motivations and behaviors of
other human beings. Steven Johnson shows us the transformative
power of understanding brain science and offers new modes of
introspection and tools for better parenting, better relationships,
and better living.
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