Humorous summary of the current status of science around the human brain

"Your Brain - The Missing Manual" is very clearly structured with many pictures and visually highlighted summaries and additional information. The writing style is casual and humorous without simplify matters unduly. Even before questions that scientists have not been able to unambiguously explain, does not shy away started and explains the different points of view. Many interesting examples round the statements in a pleasant way. Of course the book can not go on all issues in depth, this is partly made to further reading.

Some of the statements in the book you will have heard that before, but some of them are also exposed as false - as in science fiction productions often apprehended assertion, we would use only 10% of the capacity of our brains. Nevertheless, each is likely to find here some new information, including a wide range of topics will be addressed:

Nutrition: Why is losing weight so difficult? How can I do something good my brain?
Sleep: How much and when? What my dreams mean?
Perception: How do optical illusions? How do we come up with the flood of information clear?
Memory: Why do we forget so much? How can I remember things better?
Emotions: What happens in my head when I have fun? What with stress?
Reason: What causes and how we behave unreasonable? How can I get more creative ideas?
Personality: What I'm looking for a personality type? How do I deal with the most?
Differences between the sexes: How does testosterone? What happens in the brain when you're in love?
Development of the brain during growth: How can I promote child best? What happens in old age?

Due to the summary nature of the effect of the book should not be overestimated. There are mentioned many ways to make better use of his brain, but in most cases only detailed literature and then practice will make a real difference. Nevertheless, the book presents a good, interesting and amusing overview on the subject of brain is. So if you enjoy it, something better understand his thinking organ and possibly wants to dive into the subject more deeply, is a good start here.