Having explained that the brain has an inherently egocentric bias, Burnett goes on to explain that part of the brain is dedicated to correcting this bias (largely an area called the right supramarginal gyrus) towards one of empathy. Not the fault of the book, but rather the fault of the reader here, I suspect.Īround three quarters through the book, I found something that had me tripping over my own feet with the realisation that it described something I see on an almost daily basis. For a broad overview of the complexities of the human brain this was a book that intrigued but did not frustrate however, as with many such things, the areas that caught my especial interest were dealt with in too few words. There are enough of those to give the book credibility but not so many that you get bogged down trying to remember terms. I found it a light-hearted, easy read that was heavy on the humour (to the extent I guffawed out loud despite being in the process of slogging away on treadmill or static cycle) and relatively light on complex technical matters. Since the kindle version was on offer at that point (I recall it was 99p but I could be wrong), I snapped it up. “ The Idiot Brain” and me ~ a review and some thoughtsĮveryone likes a bargain, don’t they? When I was browsing the reviews of another book on the brain, a negative review of that book suggested that readers would find more of real use in Dean Burnett’s “The Idiot Brain”.
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