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The Biological Mind: How Brain, Body, and Environment Collaborate to Make Us Who We Are
Written by Alan Jasanoff
Narrated by Paul Boehmer
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To many, the brain is the seat of personal identity and autonomy. But the way we talk about the brain is often rooted more in mystical conceptions of the soul than in scientific fact. This blinds us to the physical realities of mental function. We ignore bodily influences on our psychology, from chemicals in the blood to bacteria in the gut, and overlook the ways that the environment affects our behavior, via factors varying from subconscious sights and sounds to the weather. As a result, we alternately overestimate our capacity for free will or equate brains to inorganic machines like computers. But a brain is neither a soul nor an electrical network: it is a bodily organ, and it cannot be separated from its surroundings. Our selves aren't just inside our heads-they're spread throughout our bodies and beyond. Only once we come to terms with this can we grasp the true nature of our humanity.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Must read! such a refreshing and whole thinking about our human brain and existence and I must have read a tone of books about the brain written by neuroscientists and psychologist.Yet, this book completely captured me with its whole perspective and questions posed . Written with elegance znd eloquence that is hard to come by in scientific writting.I loved every word of it !
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A convincing read about how we should view the brain. The book also does a good job of covering the latest developments and trends that came before.
The last chapter really brought it home.