The Neuroscience Of You

"Prat takes us on a tour of the meaningful ways that our brains are dissimilar from one another. Using real-world examples, along with take-them-yourself tests and quizzes, she shows you how to identify the strengths and weakness of your own brain, while learning what might be going on in the brains of those who are unlike you. ... [This book] helps us see how brains that are engineered differently ultimately take diverse paths when it comes time to prioritize information, use what they've learned from experience, relate to other people, and so much more. While other scientists focus on how 'the' brain works 'on average,' Prat argues that our obsession with commonalities has slowed our progress toward understanding the very things that make each of us unique and interesting"