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Mind Wide Open: Why You Are What You Think (Paperback)
Short Description for Mind Wide OpenA journey into the mind, showing the reader exactly how our minds work and how we can use this information to comprehend our behaviour. The author undertakes a variety of weird experiments to discover the reasons behind his own habits - such as making inappropriate jokes at the wrong time.
Full description- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- Published: 26 May 2005
- Format: Paperback 288 pages
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- Categories: Science: General Issues | Popular Science
- ISBN 13: 9780141011158 ISBN 10: 0141011157
- Sales rank: 214,664
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Full description for Mind Wide Open
Forget what you thought you knew about yourself and open your mind wide You are part reptile, part mammal, part primate. You are a dopamine fiend. You are a walking assembly of patterns and waves, clusters of neurons firing in sync with one another ' In Mind Wide Open Steven Johnson takes us on a journey to the frontiers of brain science and reveals exactly how we're hardwired to think and feel. Experimenting with the latest technology he discovers (among other things) that everything we do from falling in love to forming a sentence is caused by neurons firing and chemicals swirling around our heads; that there are gadgets which can enable us to control our own brainwaves; that everyone's mind, like their fingerprint, is unique; and this can help us understand our own mental foibles and see ourselves in a totally new way.
