incognito the secret lives of the brain review

Eagleman writes well and has brought together great stories from the wild shores of neuroresearch, taking a field that is enormously complex and creating a clear path through it. A smart, captivating book that will give you a prefrontal workout * * Nature * *Ī shining example of lucid and easy-to-grasp science writing * * Independent on Sunday * * You'll never hear the phase 'You don't know what you're doing!' in the same way again * * Time Out * *īreezy, fun, optimistic and full of the latest research * * The Sunday Times * * Incognito is a fascinating book that will not so much turn your mind upside down as flip it right-side up. I guarantee it'll change the way you think of yourself * * Mail on Sunday * * entertaining and truly brainy front-line report from the neuroscience labs. In July 2011, Eagleman discussed Incognito with Stephen Colbert on the Colbert Report.The Malcolm Gladwell of brain science * * Independent * * A starred review from Kirkus Reviews described it as 'a book that will leave you looking at yourself-and the world-differently.' The book was reviewed as 'appealing and persuasive' by the Wall Street Journal and 'a shining example of lucid and easy-to-grasp science writing' by The Independent. It was named a Best Book of 2011 by Amazon, the Boston Globe, and the Houston Chronicle. Incognito appeared on the New York Times best-sellers list intermittently in 20. In Incognito, Eagleman contends that most of the operations of the brain are inaccessible to awareness, such that the conscious mind 'is like a stowaway on a transatlantic steam ship, taking credit for the journey without acknowledging the massive engineering underfoot.' The book explores the juxtaposition of the conscious mind and the unconscious mind, with Eagleman summing up the text's themes with the question: 'If the conscious mind-the part you consider to be you-is just the tip of the iceberg, what is the rest doing?'

Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain is a 2011 New York Times best-selling nonfiction book by American neuroscientist David Eagleman, an adjunct professor at Stanford University.

May 31, 2011, Pantheon (US), Canongate (UK)

Incognito the secret lives of the brain review