We Are Our Brains

By D.F. Swaab, Jane Hedley-Prole (translator),

Book cover of We Are Our Brains: A Neurobiography of the Brain, from the Womb to Alzheimer's

Book description

Everything we think, do and refrain from doing is determined by our brain. From religion to sexuality, it shapes our potential, our desires and our characters. Taking us through every stage in our lives, from the womb to falling in love to old age, Dick Swaab shows that we don't…

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1 author picked We Are Our Brains as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

A book written after decades of research by a leading neuroscientist to share his love of the brain with the general public. An ideal starter book for those of you who want to get a sense of all the different parts of the complex organ that comprise the human brain. In a series of chapters on the many different parts, regions structures, and brain processes this book provides a succinct yet comprehensive overview of the brain. It explains what the different parts do to make your brain work and how they work together they make us do what we do…

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