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Pictures Of The Mind: What The New Neuroscience Tells Us About Who We Are (2010)

by Miriam Boleyn-Fitzgerald(Favorite Author)

3.66 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0137155166 (ISBN13: 9780137155163)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

FT Press

review 1: I have been an observing student of the self-evidence of life ever since my experiences in the war torn desert of various places of this world. The effect this had on me, in both body and mind, has led me down the path of studiously observing my own mind in action. This book didn't present new self-evident truths for me. But, it did help me to see what is actually happening from a neuroscience perspective. Thus, only validating the self-evident natural law truths I've been discerning through the haze of social perspective beliefs.
review 2: As someone who worked in PET research for ten years, I was delighted to see the collection of brain scans in one of the chapters. However, I found much of the science to be dubious, and I recommend that readers also or inste... moread read Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience. Between five stars for the scans and one star for the dubious science, I give it three stars. The author did a good job of portraying claims by others; just take those claims with a grain of salt. less

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