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The Secret Life of the Mind by Mariano Sigman, , PhD
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The Secret Life of the Mind

How Your Brain Thinks, Feels, and Decides

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Length 8 hours 11 minutes
Language English
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Where do our thoughts come from? How do we make choices and trust our judgments? What is the role of the unconscious? Can we manipulate our dreams? In this mind-bending international bestseller, award-winning neuroscientist Mariano Sigman explores the complex answers to these and many other age-old questions. Drawing on research in physics, linguistics, psychology, education, and more, Dr. Sigman explains why people who speak more than one language are less prone to dementia, how infants can recognize by sight objects they've previously only touched, how babies - even before they utter their first word - have an innate sense of right and wrong, and how we can read the thoughts of vegetative patients by decoding patterns in their brain activity. The cutting-edge research presented in The Secret Life of the Mind revolutionizes how we understand the role that neuroscience plays in our lives, unlocking the mysterious cerebral processes that control the ways in which we learn, reason, fee l, think, and dream.

Mariano Sigman, PhD, a physicist by training, is a leading international figure in the cognitive neuroscience of learning and decision-making. His awards include a Human Frontiers Career Development Award, the National Prize of Physics, the Pius XI medal from the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the Young Investigator Prize of College de France, and the IBM Scalable Data Analytics Award.

John Chancer is an award-winning American narrator of many audiobooks. He has a long association with the theatre on both sides of the Atlantic. His recent television appearances have included Broken News, Spooks, The Long Firm, and William and Mary. His film credits include Unstoppable, Grim, and Project: Shadowchaser. He has also been heard in many radio dramas, documentaries, and cartoons around the world.

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