Idiot brain : what your head is really up to
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New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
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Book
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First American edition.
ISBN
9780393253788, 0393253783
Physical Desc
328 pages ; 25 cm
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Keller Public Library - NonfictionHEALTH HUMBODY BRAINOn Shelf
Watauga Public Library - Nonfiction612.82 BURNETTOn Shelf

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Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780393253788, 0393253783

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"First published in Great Britain by Guardian Books and Faber and Faber Limited under the title The idiot brain: a neuroscientist explains what your head is really up to." --,Title page verso.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"A delightful tour of our mysterious, mischievous gray matter from neuroscientist and massively popular Guardian blogger Dean Burnett...Yes, [the brain] is an absolute marvel in some respects--the seat of our consciousness, the pinnacle (so far) of evolutionary progress, and the engine of all human experience--but your brain is also messy, fallible, and about 50,000 years out-of-date. We cling to superstitions, remember faces but not names, miss things sitting right in front of us, and lie awake at night while our brains replay our greatest fears on an endless loop...Yet all of this, believe it or not, is the sign of a well-meaning brain doing its best to keep you alive and healthy. In [this book], neuroscientist Dean Burnett celebrates blind spots, blackouts, insomnia, and all the other downright laughable things our minds do to us, while also exposing the many mistakes we've made in our quest to understand how our brains actually work. Expertly researched and entertainingly written, this book is for everyone who has wondered why their brain appears to be sabotaging their life, and what on earth it is really up to"--Amazon.com.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Burnett, D. (2016). Idiot brain: what your head is really up to (First American edition.). W.W. Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Burnett, Dean. 2016. Idiot Brain: What Your Head Is Really Up to. W.W. Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Burnett, Dean. Idiot Brain: What Your Head Is Really Up to W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Burnett, Dean. Idiot Brain: What Your Head Is Really Up to First American edition., W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.

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