Magia Y Misterio De La Mente/magic And the Mystery of the Minds: La Maravillosa Alquimia Del Cerebro/the Marvolouse Alchemy of the Mind

Diane Ackerman discusses the science of the brain as only she can. In addition to explaining memory, thought, emotion, dreams, and language acquisition, she reports on the latest discoveries in neuroscience and addresses controversial subjects like the effects of trauma and male versus female brains. Ackerman distills the hard, objective truths of science in order to yield vivid, heavily anecdotal explanations about a range of existential questions regarding consciousness, human thought, memory, and the nature of identify.