Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Life

This book may not be for some, it is very factual and probably needs a listener to be eager to learn about the brain. This was a fantastic book in my opinion. VERY informative, and touched on alot of mental illnesses as well as how every part of the brain works.

For the person who is interested in learning more about what's going on "up there," this is a great book. It includes the right amount of physiological facts and easy-to-understand examples of research to keep it from being too scholarly (translation: over-the-head and boring) for the average person. I find myself referring to information I learned from this book in everyday conversations.

I listened to this book during sporadic trips to the gym. It was easy to follow, occasionally humorous, and very informative.

This is the type of book to listen to in short spurts. The little points, of interest, can be picked up at any point and reviewed learned and shared.

Annoying when the narrator says "Did you know?" every few minutes at the beginning of every new fact. Not great writing, but very informative.

I really found this book interesting. Two thumbs up. Can't wait to tell all of my friends all of the interesting facts I've learned. Will definitely be recommending this book to others as well and will also listen to this again, just in case I missed anything.

Overview of the big topics, concepts and science of our brains. Useful as a companion to other books on the brain and behavior as a way of condensing and consolidating the range of materials. Well written but seldom insightful, grounded in research but not in any big ideas or new breakthroughs. Enjoyably short chapters and chunked materials, studies and descriptions familiar from other works. Nothing new or ground breaking, but a competent and pleasurable journey through the biology and behavioral research on our evolved brain.

This was basically a review of an intro psych class biological/neurological chapter with supplemental associated chapter information incorporated. I was waiting for something new and exciting from these neuroscientists but it wasn't there. If you know nothing about the brain it might be interesting, otherwise expect a review of what you already know. It seemed the sections on intelligence were more "politically correct" than scientifically correct thru the error of ommision so as not to offend. Often the scientific eveidence of what was left unsaid would be of more interest than what was actually presented in some of the chapters.

if the whole book was more like the questions in the begining it would be interesting, it kinda gets boring. They should site more case studies. That said, I think the worst part of this audio book was the narrators voice. Not interesting or descriptive enough.

The sociopath next store is a great audio book about the brain of the sociopath and the case studies are chilling. Check that one out!

This book is perfect. The explanations are easy for a layman to follow, but have detail enough to satisfy those in the profession. The authors cover everything from development to how vision and memory work, to drugs, sex, mental illness and the direction of current research (a vaccine for cocaine resistance anyone?). They have quotes and anecdotes ranging from a meeting with the Dali Lama to an episode of South Park.
The narration was great too, just the right hints of sarcasm and humor.
I will re-listen this book at least once before the year ends!