LISA FELDMAN BARRETT, PhD, has received numerous scientific awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship in neuroscience and an NIH Director's Pioneer Award. She is a University Distinguished Professor at Northeastern University, with appointments at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital.
"A deeply researched, compulsively readable, subtly
philosophical tour through the human brain.... In just a few pages,
Barrett dispels myths so deeply entrenched that many of us assumed
they were indisputable scientific fact (goodbye, lizard brain!) And
she does all of this with the effortless concision of a poet, not a
word wasted.... [Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain]
deserves to be read and re-read and then, just as important, to be
thought about deeply."--Dan Pink "Highly recommended, this
smart pithy primer on the brain is fascinating."--Michael
Pollan, via Twitter"An excellent education in brain
science...[Feldman Barrett] deftly employs metaphor and anecdote to
deliver an insightful overview of her favorite subject... so short
and sweet that most readers will continue to the 35-page appendix,
in which the author delves more deeply, but with no less clarity,
into topics ranging from teleology to the Myers-Briggs personality
test to 'Plato's writings about the human psyche.' Outstanding
popular science."--Kirkus, STARRED "What about that
'three-pound blob between your ears'? In seven essays about the
brain and a half-size one about its evolution...Barrett has crafted
a well-written tribute to this wow-inducing
organ."--Booklist"[A] must-read science book. Neuroscientist
Barrett takes readers on a journey from the first earthly
creatures, through the musings of ancient philosophers, and to
present-day neuroscience."--Discover Magazine "Beautiful
writing and sublime insights that will blow your mind like a string
of firecrackers. If you want a rundown of the brain and its magic,
start here."--David Eagleman, Stanford neuroscientist, New York
Times bestselling author of Incognito and Livewired"Seven and a
Half Lessons About the Brain reads like a novel--one whose main
character is all of us. In fresh and lively prose, Barrett provides
deep insight into what brains are for, how they operate and are
programmed, how they create the 'reality' we experience, and how
they ultimately produce our thoughts, feelings, and actions. Read
this book! It will make you smarter about yourself, and your
species."--Leonard Mlodinow, New York Times bestselling author of
The Drunkard's Walk, Subliminal, and Elastic"A radical and
provocative look at a range of pervasive misconceptions, emerging
discoveries, and enticing mysteries regarding our very nature as
individuals and intertwined social beings. By illuminating our
unimaginably complex, constantly changing brain/body networks,
Barrett gets to the heart of the new understanding of who and what
we are as creatures, and how much latitude and agency we
have."--Jon Kabat-Zinn, Founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress
Reduction (MBSR), author of Full Catastrophe Living and
The Healing Power of Mindfulness"Lisa Feldman Barrett is a
pioneer in neuroscience and one of today's most provocative
thinkers about the mind. Get ready to have yours blown."--Adam
Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Give and
Take"A smart and delightfully breezy look at the things most of us
think we know about the brain, but don't."--Daniel Gilbert, New
York Times bestselling author of Stumbling on Happiness"Barrett
writes with a scientist's eye and a storyteller's heart. A
must-read for anyone who has a brain."--Helen S. Mayberg,
Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Psychiatry and Neuroscience,
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai "One of the best short,
whirlwind introductions to the human brain I've ever
read....[Feldman Barrett] is one of the most brilliant and bold
thinkers and scientists I've ever had the pleasure of speaking
with."
- Lex Fridman, Lex Fridman Podcast
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