Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain

Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain

Author: Airwave Literature December 15, 2020 Duration: 9:18:15
by David Eagleman—The magic of the brain is not found in the parts it's made of but in the way those parts unceasingly reweave themselves in an electric living fabric. And there is no more accomplished and accessible guide than renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman to help us understand the nature and changing texture of that fabric. With his hallmark clarity and enthusiasm he reveals the myriad ways that the brain absorbs experience: developing, redeploying, organizing, and arranging the data it receives from the body's own absorption of external stimuli, which enables us to gain the skills, the facilities, and the practices that make us who we are.Eagleman covers decades of the most important research into the functioning of the brain and presents new discoveries from his own research as well: about the nature of synesthesia, about dreaming, and about wearable devices that are revolutionizing how we think about the five human senses. Finally, Livewired is as deeply informative as it is accessible and brilliantly engaging.

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Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

The Bookshelf: Business & Self-Improvement
Podcast Episodes
Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 8:49:32
by David Eagleman—If the conscious mind—the part you consider you—accounts for only a tiny fraction of the brain’s function, what is all the rest doing? This is the question that David Eagleman—renowned neuroscientist an…
Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 7:56:56
by Leonard Mlodinow—Leonard Mlodinow, the best-selling author of The Drunkard’s Walk and coauthor of The Grand Design (with Stephen Hawking), gives us a startling and eye-opening examination of how the unconscious mind s…
Love Is Not Enough [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 7:33:52
by Mark Manson—Best-selling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, Mark Manson, deploys his signature no-nonsense wisdom on the subject that he started his career by covering: relationships. It may feel like rain…
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 13:21:33
by Phil Knight—In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the w…
Rising Strong [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 8:51:33
by Brené Brown—The physics of vulnerability is simple: If we are brave enough often enough, we will fall. The author of Daring Greatly and The Gifts of Imperfection tells us what it takes to get back up, and how owning o…