Unusual Brain Tricks
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Unusual Brain Tricks
Unusual Brain Tricks explores the fascinating flaws and quirks inherent in our cognitive processes, revealing how our brains actively construct reality and are susceptible to various illusions and biases. The book delves into how these ""brain tricks"" influence our daily lives, from creating false memories to affecting our decision-making through cognitive biases like confirmation bias and the availability heuristic. Understanding these limitations is crucial for improving judgment and critical thinking. The book's unique value lies in its comprehensive synthesis of psychology and neuroscience, presenting complex scientific concepts in an accessible way. Divided into three sections, it first examines memory distortions, exploring how false memories can be implanted. Next, it dissects perceptual illusions, such as visual and auditory tricks that lead to misinterpretations of the external world. Finally, the book addresses cognitive biases, revealing how these biases can lead to flawed reasoning. Throughout, the book relies on rigorously researched scientific studies and experimental findings to explain these phenomena. Drawing connections between psychology, neuroscience, and even the legal field, it offers practical applications for improving memory techniques and mitigating biases.
The Odd Brain
Author: Stephen Juan
language: en
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Release Date: 2011-04-29
Dr. Juan is that rarest of rarities, a scholar with a sense of humor. He fearlessly tours the brain's mysterious corridors, discussing such wide-ranging topics as phobias, compulsive water drinking, serial killers, the secrets of hypnotism, and the man who thought he was a cat. You will find this book absolutely engrossing. Do kleptomaniacs have a legitimate excuse to steal? Can excessive TV watching physically "shape" a child's growing brain? These answers and scores more fill Dr. Stephen Juan's fascinating and endlessly entertaining book The Odd Brain. Following up his popular first book, The Odd Body, Dr. Juan takes us on an animated tour of the enigmatic organ that sits on top of them all. Equal parts scholarly professor--he teaches at the University of Sydney--cultural detective, and theater of oddities tour guide, Dr. Juan explores bizarre brain disorders and the normal-but-still-weird brain phenomena that we all occasionally experience (like deja vu). Through it all, Dr. Juan pulls off the nifty trick of making the clinical both clear and entertaining. Each chapter is packed with real-life anecdotes and case studies. These include the Criminal Brain, the Savant Brain, the Shy Brain, the Suicidal Brain, the Thrill-Seeking Brain, the Obsessive-Compulsive Brain, and more than 20 others. For anyone who's ever witnessed unusual behavior and thought, "Now, what would make a person do that?" The Odd Brain is sure to have an answer.
Brain Games to Exercise Your Mind: Protect Your Brain From Memory Loss and Other Age-Related Disorders
90 Puzzles, Logic Riddles & Brain Teasers to Exercise Your Mind From New York Times bestselling author Dr. Gary Small – an expert on neuroscience, memory, Alzheimer’s Disease, dementia, anxiety and human behavior – Brain Games to Exercise Your Mind: Protect Your Brain from Memory Loss and Other Age-Related Disorders will keep your mind sharp and in-shape. Memory loss and age-related dementia illnesses are among the most frightening diagnoses in the US, affecting nearly six million adult Americans. Dr Small provides over 90 puzzles, logic Riddles and brain teasers to exercise your mind, and have fun while staying sharp.