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A vivid cross-section of what makes us human. Based on half a decade of groundbreaking research, We Are Our Brains is a sweeping biography of the human brain, from infancy to adulthood to old age. Renowned neuroscientist D. F. Swaab takes us on a guided tour of the intricate inner workings that determine our potential, our limitations, and our desires, with each chapter serving as an eye-opening window on a different brain stage: the gender differences that develop in the embryonic brain, what goes on in the heads of adolescents, how parenthood permanently changes the brain. Moving beyond pure biological understanding, Swaab presents a controversial and multilayered ethical argument surrounding the brain. Far from possessing true free will, Swaab argues, we have very little control over our everyday decisions, or who we will become, because our brains predetermine everything about us, from our moral character to our religious leanings to whom we...

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Author

Swaab, D. F.; Hedley-Prole, Jane

Publisher

Random House Publishing Group

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780241003732

Category

health

Subjects

Psychology, Science, Medical

Rating

3.79 / 5 (104 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14