The Brain: The Story of You

Locked in the silence and darkness of your skull, your brain fashions the rich narratives of your reality and your identity. Join renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman for a journey into the questions at the mysterious heart of our existence. What is reality? Who are “you”? How do you make decisions? Why does your brain need other people? How is technology poised to change what it means to be human?  In the course of his investigations, Eagleman guides us through the world of extreme sports, criminal justice, facial expressions, genocide, brain surgery, gut feelings, robotics, and the search for immortality.  Strap in for a whistle-stop tour into the inner cosmos. In the infinitely dense tangle of billions of brain cells and their trillions of connections, something emerges that you might not have expected to see in there: you. 
 
This is the story of how your life shapes your brain, and how your brain shapes your life. 

 
(A companion to the six-part PBS series. Color illustrations throughout.)

• Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
• Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives
• The Runaway Species: How human creativity remakes the world
• Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts
• Boost Your Brain: The New Art and Science Behind Enhanced Brain Performance
• Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
• Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages
• Wednesday Is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia (The MIT Press)
• The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human
• Understanding the Brain: From Cells to Behavior to Cognition