The Secret Life of the Mind: How Our Brain Thinks, Feels and Decides by Mariano

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• Where do our thoughts come from?• How can we manipulate our dreams?• What is the role of the unconscious?• How do we make decisions and trust the judgement of both others and ourselves?

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• Where do our thoughts come from?• How can we manipulate our dreams?• What is the role of the unconscious?• How do we make decisions and trust the judgement of both others and ourselves? In this provocative, mind-bending international bestseller, prize-winning neuroscientist Mariano Sigman reveals his life's work exploring the inner workings of the human brain.Sigman's ambition is to explain the mind so that we can understand ourselves and others more deeply. He shows how we form ideas during our first days of life, how we give shape to our fundamental decisions, how we dream and imagine, why we feel certain emotions, how the brain transforms and how who we are changes with it. Sigman looks at the development of language, how bilingualism helps us to think and our notions of what is good and fair develop far earlier than we think.Building on his awe-inspiring TED talk and spanning biology, physics, philosophy and medicine as well as gastronomy, magic, music, chess, literature and art, The Secret Life of the Mind revolutionizes how neuroscience serves us in our lives, revealing how the infinity of neurons inside our brains manufacture how we perceive, reason, feel, dream and communicate.

Notes

The processes that delineate our thoughts, judgements, dreams and unconscious are revealed, building on a particularly popular TED talk from Sigman. Readers of Stephen Pinker and Oliver Sacks will find plenty to immerse themselves in here.

Author Biography

Mariano Sigman, a physicist by training, is an international leading figure in the cognitive neuroscience of learning and decision making. He is the founder of the Integrative Neuroscience Laboratory at the University of Buenos Aires. Sigman is the only Latin American scientist to be a director of the Human Brain Project, was awarded a Human Frontiers Career Development Award, the National Prize of Physics, the Young Investigator Prize of "College de France," the IBM Scalable Data Analytics Award, and is a scholar of the James S. McDonnell Foundation. In 2016 he was made a Laureate of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.

Review

'Sigman finds the sweet spot between findings and experimental detail, and it makes for a compelling read. Entertaining… with moments of exhileration'Financial Times'Mariano Sigman writes and thinks in a uniquely provocative way. He is a gifted cognitive neuroscientist, and we are lucky to have him excavating the secret life of the mind. He makes learning about the mind and brain easy and almost automatic. He is the Richard Feynman of the brain'Andrew Meltzoff, Professor of Psychology, the University of Washington; co-author of 'The Scientist in the Crib'The author takes us on grand tour covering an extraordinarily diverse range of topics that are of interest to readers and specialists alike' VS Ramachandran FRCP, author of The Tell-Tale Brain'The brain is the star of this book, with chapters focussing on its characteristics throughout childhood and youth, identity, decision-making, consciousness, education and its capacity to transform itself. In exploring the psychological element of neuroscience, Mariano Sigman tells the story of the human mind as a journey through some of the least travelled paths of mankind … A wonderful read' La Nacion'The idea of the mind as a tabula rasa is only one of many erroneous notions that Sigman's brilliant book helps to correct' El Mundo'What differentiates The Secret Life of the Mind from other books about the mind is that it takes on neuroscience from a psychological point of view, as well as taking into account psychoanalysis, behavioural economics and philosophy' Nosotras'Sigman confirms that although we are capable of detecting and manipulating consciousness, science is still not able to physically break it down. The idea of the mind as a tabula rasa is only one of many erroneous notions that Sigman's brilliant book helps to correct' El Cultural, El Mundo

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'Sigman finds the sweet spot between findings and experimental detail, and it makes for a compelling read. Entertaining... with moments of exhileration'Financial Times 'Mariano Sigman writes and thinks in a uniquely provocative way. He is a gifted cognitive neuroscientist, and we are lucky to have him excavating the secret life of the mind. He makes learning about the mind and brain easy and almost automatic. He is the Richard Feynman of the brain' Andrew Meltzoff, Professor of Psychology, the University of Washington; co-author of 'The Scientist in the Crib 'The author takes us on grand tour covering an extraordinarily diverse range of topics that are of interest to readers and specialists alike' VS Ramachandran FRCP, author of The Tell-Tale Brain 'The brain is the star of this book, with chapters focussing on its characteristics throughout childhood and youth, identity, decision-making, consciousness, education and its capacity to transform itself. In exploring the psychological element of neuroscience, Mariano Sigman tells the story of the human mind as a journey through some of the least travelled paths of mankind ... A wonderful read' La Nacion 'The idea of the mind as a tabula rasa is only one of many erroneous notions that Sigman's brilliant book helps to correct' El Mundo 'What differentiates The Secret Life of the Mind from other books about the mind is that it takes on neuroscience from a psychological point of view, as well as taking into account psychoanalysis, behavioural economics and philosophy' Nosotras 'Sigman confirms that although we are capable of detecting and manipulating consciousness, science is still not able to physically break it down. The idea of the mind as a tabula rasa is only one of many erroneous notions that Sigman's brilliant book helps to correct' El Cultural, El Mundo

Feature

- 'The Secret Life of the Mind' quickly became a bestseller in Spain and Argentina, reaching #3 on the overall bestseller list, and has sold close to 20,000 copies to date. It received massive coverage. - Sigman presented some his ideas in the book at the popular TED Conference - which has been viewed over 1.3 million times. - For readers of 'Adventures in Human Being' (38k), 'Do No Harm' (130k), 'When Breath Becomes Air' (36k), 'Sapiens' (145k), 'Thinking, Fast and Slow' (450k), Stephen Pinker and Oliver Sacks (462k) - In 2016, Mariano Sigman was the first neuroscience specialist to receive the Pius XI Medal. The biennial and prestigious award is presented by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (founded 1610). The organisation is the only supranational academy of sciences in the world, which has counted Galileo Galilei among its ranks. The Pius XI Medal recognises the talent of a young scientist under the age of 45.

Details ISBN0008210950 Author Mariano Sigman Year 2018 ISBN-10 0008210950 ISBN-13 9780008210953 Format Paperback Imprint William Collins Subtitle How Our Brain Thinks, Feels and Decides Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 612.8 Media Book Pages 284 Short Title The Secret Life of the Mind Language English Publication Date 2018-06-14 UK Release Date 2018-06-14 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Alternative 9780008210922 Audience General AU Release Date 2018-05-22 NZ Release Date 2018-05-22 We've got this

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