Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett With Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain

Health & Wellbeing

Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett on what your brain is actually for, and which familiar ideas about it the science has left behind. Ten sessions.

What’s inside

What the science says your brain is doing

• Introduction
• Your Brain Is Not for Thinking
• You Have One Brain—Not Three
• Are Bigger Brains Better?
• Your Brain Is a Network
• Baby Brain
• Your Brain Secretly Works With Other Brains
• The Amazing Power of Words
• Your Predictive Brain
• Conclusion

Who it is for

A plain-language introduction for anyone curious about how the brain works. No science background is assumed.