The Mind: Leading Scientists Explore the Brain, Memory, Personality, and Happiness

In The Mind, the world’s leading psychologists and biologists explain the complex workings of the mind and brain. Contributors and topics include:

* Organs of Computation by Steven Pinker (Harvard; author of How the Mind Works): a tour of the human brain and how the mind operates

* You Can’t Be a Sweet Cucumber in a Vinegar Barrel by Philip Zimbardo (Stanford, author of The Lucifer Effect): on how your environment impacts your personality

* The Neurology Of Self-Awareness by V.S. Ramachandran (UCSB, author of Phantoms in the Brain): on the question of the self–i.e. Who are you and how do you know who you are

* Philosophy in the Flesh by George Lakoff (UC Berkeley, author of Don’t Think of an Elephant) on the mind-body problem

* Plus essays on memory, consciousness, the formation of personality, the brain’s development, and more.