How the Mind Changed: A Human History of our Evolving Brain

Jebelli, Joseph

ISBN 10: 1529300150 / ISBN 13: 9781529300154

Published by John Murray, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How the Mind Changed: A Human History of our Evolving Brain
• Publisher: John Murray
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1529300150
• ISBN 13: 9781529300154
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

'Thrilling, provocative and mind-expanding' Mail on Sunday

'Masterful and illuminating' DAVID EAGLEMAN

Dr Joseph Jebelli takes us on a seven-million-year journey through our own heads, drawing on insights from neuroscience, evolutionary biology, psychology, and philosophyto reveal how our brain's evolution turned us into Homo sapiens and beyond.

Discover how memory has almost nothing to do with the past; magic mushroom use might be responsible for our intelligence; and how autism teaches us hugely positive lessons about our past and future.

A single mutation is all it takes.

'Written with aplomb and an eye for arresting asides . . . This is an accessible and thought-provoking book' The Times

About the Author

Joseph Jebelli is a neuroscientist and a writer. He received a PhD in neuroscience from University College London for his work on the cell biology of neurodegenerative diseases, then worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Washington, Seattle. His much acclaimed first book, In Pursuit of Memory, was shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize and longlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize. He lives in London.