When I talk about books that might be of interest, I often mention "Incognito" by Eagleman. A related book is the one by Lisa Barrett Feldman called "Seven and a Half Lessons about Your Brain". The book by Carl Zimmer called "Soul Made Flesh" is about the period when English scientists and anatomists knew there was a spongy mass in the top of our skull. They wanted to locate the part of the body that was the 'soul" and they discussed whether that spongy mass was it. We read it aloud, despite parts of it being long explanations about their theories that were off-base and wrong.
One of the barriers to their better understanding was that they had no concept of electricity. They knew and noted that there was an elaborate network leading into the body but they had a concept that "vapors" traveled that network. This was the late 1500's.
Both "Incognito" and "Seven and a Half Lessons about Your Brain" emphasize the existence of parts of our brains that are important but not directly available to our conscious minds. I think the words "habit" and "hormones" call to mind aspects of ourselves that we know about and are motivated by but can't see or easily change.
