THE NAKED BRAIN --- HOW THE EMERGING NEUROSOCIETY IS CHANGING
HOW WE LIVE, WORK, AND LOVE by Richard Restak, Harmony Books, 2006

    INTRODUCTION --- welcome to the neurosociety (p1-7)

    1) The emergence of the "neurosociety" (p9-24)

    2) How the brain processes information (p25-43)

    3) The "emotional brain" (p44-52)

    4) How our brain constructs our mental world (p53-67)

      [1] Von Hemholtz's darkroom esperiment (p53-55)

      [2] "Thinking is for doing" (p55-58)

      [3] "Mirror neurons" (p58-64)

      [4] The romance of the circle and the little triangle (p64-70)

      [5] Sally, Ann, and the bank robber (p70-72)

      [6] "You're fine, thanks, how am I? (p73-76)

      [7] The "illusion-of-truth" effect (p77-80)

      [7] The nefarious power of negativity (p80-84)

      [8] The prejudicial brain (p84-89)

      [8] Summary --- the basic tenet of "social neuroscience" is that since we spend most of our time either thinking about or engaging with others, our brain's most important function to "free" us from the "prison" of our own minds and enhance social communication. (p89-90)

    5) The "empathic brain" --- blurring the boundaries between "self" and others (p91-120)

    6) The power of the "frontal lobes" (p121-136)

    7) How our brain determines our moral choices (p137-150)

    8) Make my memory (p151-179)

    9) Neuroeconomics --- what happens in the brain when we reason and negotiate (p180-196)

    10) The perils of the "neurosociety" (p197-214)

    GLOSSARY (p242)

    AFTERWORD (p215-232)

    NOTES (p233-245)

    INDEX (p247-255)

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR (p257)

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