Böcker av Dean Burnett

Why do you lose arguments with people who know MUCH LESS than you? Why can you recognise that woman, from that thing... but can't remember her name?And why, after your last break-up, did you find yourself in the foetal position on the sofa for days, moving only to wipe the snot and tears haphazardly from your face?Here's why: the idiot brain. For something supposedly so brilliant and evolutionarily advanced, the human brain is pretty messy, fallible and disorganised. For example, did you know that your memory is egotistical? That conspiracy theories and superstitions are the inevitable effects of a healthy brain? Or that alcohol can actually improve your memory?** In The Idiot Brain, neuroscientist Dean Burnett tours our mysterious and mischievous grey (and white) matter. Along the way he explains the human brain's imperfections in all their glory and how these influence everything we say, do and experience. Expertly researched and entertainingly written, this book is for anyone who has wondered why their brain appears to be sabotaging their life, and what on earth it is really up to.**Editor's note: please read the book before testing this conclusion.

'A wonderfully useful book, told with Dean Burnett's trademark wit and wisdom' Adam Kay, author of This is Going to Hurt, on Why Your Parents Are Driving You up the Wall and What to do About ItI'll bet you and your parents argue about phones. They probably say things like:'Can you just put that phone down for one minute?!''You'll get square eyes looking at that thing''I don't know who you're talking to all day!'Maybe you want one, but your parents don't agree? Or maybe you do have a phone, but your parents think you use it too much?Either way, the result is: arguments. Between you and your parents. About phones. That's why brain scientist and bestselling author Dean Burnett has written this book. He'll show you why your parents are sometimes wrong about phones (and why, annoyingly, they can be a bit right), how you can both understand them a bit better and how you can stop arguing about them. Because screens can be a good thing. And a bad thing. But they're definitely not worth getting hung up about . . .

One in four people experience a mental health problem each year, with depression and anxiety alone afflicting over 500 million people. Why are these conditions so widespread?

In his research into these questions - and many more besides - Burnett unravels our complex internal lives to reveal the often surprising truth behind what makes us tick.