The Human Brain
Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain
A short, readable collection of essays about how our brains evolved, how they work, and how they work together with other people's brains.
How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain
Explores the idea that emotions aren't simply triggered in us, but are built by the brain in the moment, shaped by a lifetime of learning.
How we learn as children
Like a panda copying his keepers' grimace, we repeat defences learned in childhood, but what was learned can change.
We see what we expect
Our brains see what they expect, in optical illusions and in our partners. Generosity is the antidote.
