When I think of books that have meant much to me, I think first of "Incognito" and "Seven and a Half Lessons About Your Brain". I usually name them in that order since the first one is more dramatic and may paint a more memorable picture but the second one is more informative, in my opinion.
Why do they matter? They make clearer the parts of us that mystify and yet effect us: emotions, drives, feelings and the effects of hormones and stages of life.
Here are my skimpy highlights from Barrett's "Seven and A Half Lessons About Your Brain"". Her chapter titles are helpful, too. The first is "Your Brain is not for thinking".
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Seven And A Half Lessons About The Brain
by Lisa Feldman Barrett
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Yes, to the best of our scientific knowledge, you have the same brain plan as a bloodsucking lamprey.
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We call this process remembering but it's really assembling
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And each time you have the same memory, your brain may have assembled it with a different collection of neurons.
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Social reality can alter dramatically, in moments, if people simply change their minds. In 1776, for example, a collection of thirteen British colonies vanished and was replaced by the United States of America.
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We have more control over reality than we might think. We also have more responsibility for reality than we might realize.
