We Are Our Brains, by Dick Frans Swaab, gives a vivid description about the power of the brain. The books disclose the function of the brain from the time of conception until the moment air escapes the body, death. Anyone who is able to read and understand the context of the book will find it to be pleasing. Most people understand and probably will agree that the brain is the most complex part of the body. Every thought or emotion that a person feels or responds to, is determined by the influence of the brain. Knowing and understanding the power of the brain is what I believe makes us human. The author allows his audience to take a stroll through the path of the brain, revealing their possible, their aspirations, and even, the limitations for ourselves. We Are Our Brains is a neurobiography of the brain that was copyrighted in 2014, and was translated by Jane Hedley-Prole. Author, D.F. Swaab, is a Dutch physician and neurobiologist, who stated as a professor at the University of Amsterdam and is now famous brain researcher.
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He means his title literally, arguing that the environment and level of education of a person have minimal, to none, role in shaping and molding our minds, changing our behavior. This positon leads him to the controversial conclusions, but he stands by his findings. He argues that humans are pre-programmed by their brain development in the womb and that free will is, therefore, illusory. Stated in previous chapters, he makes that we would be off without religion and even that physical exercise does us more harm than good: “if you really bent on taking up a sport,” he offers, “how about chess?” New discoveries are constantly being made, thanks to the massive growth in neuroscience and the technical advance made in the
Summary of the book Everything about the function of the brain is mention in this …show more content…
He means his title literally, arguing that the environment and level of education of a person have minimal, to none, role in shaping and molding our minds, changing our behavior. This positon leads him to the controversial conclusions, but he stands by his findings. He argues that humans are pre-programmed by their brain development in the womb and that free will is, therefore, illusory. Stated in previous chapters, he makes that we would be off without religion and even that physical exercise does us more harm than good: “if you really bent on taking up a sport,” he offers, “how about chess?” New discoveries are constantly being made, thanks to the massive growth in neuroscience and the technical advance made in the