NAKED BRAIN: How the Emerging Neurosociety is Changing How We Live, Work, and Love by Richard Restak, Harmony Books, 2006 OUTLINE OF BOOK'S FACTS & IDEAS 2-25-16 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 experiment (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) [9] 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 is to free us from the prison of our own minds by enhancing 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) instantly return to: AMERICAN HUMANIST GALAXY OF SCIENCE STARS