Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain (Unabridged)
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4.7 • 10 Ratings
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- £11.99
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- £11.99
Publisher Description
Why can your foot move halfway to the brake pedal before you're consciously aware of danger? Why do you notice when your name is mentioned in a conversation that you didn't think you were listening to? Why are people whose name begins with J more likely to marry other people whose name begins with J? Why is it so difficult to keep a secret? Renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate these surprising mysteries. Taking in brain damage, drugs, beauty, infidelity, synaesthesia, criminal law, artificial intelligence and visual illusions.
Customer Reviews
Not scientific.
It would be unfair to give this book a 1* review, having not listened to most of it.
As a pop science book, it’s clear this book will have some insights for the casual reader. But bare in mind that it’s a pop-science book and therefore is it’s rather outdated and often over-simplistic.
Many of Eagleman’s initial arguments on consciousness are speculative and unscientific, and he presents no evidence to back up any of these suppositions. Which leads me to conclude this isn’t the serious book I expected.
I also started to find his presumption that USA-centric examples are universally relatable to be quite tedious after a while.
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