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underworld_lucid_dreamer
, May 18, 2008
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There is a lot of hype about the brain, we daily see articles in newspapers citing strange "scientific researches" that claim that human beings will somehow be transformed into machines or carry some full-fledged stories of weird paranormal phenomena and then attribute them to the brain, but where does a truth-seeker stand on all of this?
In this book the author clears a lot of misconceptions about the brain, it enables the reader to understand how to positively influence his/her brain and even carries some valuable life advice away from the "pop psychology" or the "politically correct pseudoscience" that the media keeps feeding us. It also highlights the fact that the brain isn't a hard organ; there's no pill that will send you into a state of mania or that will cure your depression without having an adverse effect on another brain function.
It also endorses a holistic approach to diagnosis by telling the psychiatrists and psychologists to try to shift their focus from "feelings", which may be secondary to a biological malfunction, to the four theaters(perception, cognition, brain function, identity and behavior) which may underlie the problem, i.e. they should treat the disease and not just the symptoms.
The book may require a few visits to Wikipedia, but I definitely recommend reading it to anyone who wants to learn more about the brain without being misled.
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