Mind Wide Open : Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life

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Summary: I learned a lot from this book.
Review: This popular scientific account explains a handful of concepts in modern neuroscience for the non-scientist. In the process of writing this entertaining book, Johnson subjects his own brain to countless examinations as examples of his topic. He does a great job in detailing how this information is relevant to our everyday lives. Among other things, he explains how we perceive other peoples' faces, what happens in the brain when we fall in love, why music causes strong emotional reactions, and how ideas are generated. And, it is a very entertaining read.