Scatterbrain
How the Mind's Mistakes Make Humans Creative, Innovative, and Successful

I received an uncorrected proof from the publsher Greystone Books through LibraryThing. I finished this on a return flight from vacation two weeks ago and had to sort out my plethora of sticky notes! Now, I’ve developed a habit of checking the notes before reading non-fiction. If there are none, I te......more

Der Autor vermittelt hier Wissen auf einem hohem Niveau und schreibt trotzdem auch für Laien verständlich. Ich war hier auf absolutem Neuland für mich unterwegs und der Autor hat mich immer wieder mit guten und simplen Beispielen abgeholt. Immer wieder wird der Leser direkt angesprochen, wodurch das g......more

Very interesting and worth a read... I feel much less guilty about not remembering much of it after remembering the beginning, where the author explain how we retain information :D......more

This is a great, easy-to-read, synthesis of the present state of the human mind functioning that incorporates the recent work on our basic irrationality. It deals directly with our decision making process that generally starts with intuition and then adds a layer of rationality. To hear that humans a......more

I didn't have any specific expectations about this book as I got it as a gift. The first few pages caught my attention instantly with a good balance of anecdotal examples and scientific explanations. The book is a fantastic overview on most of the recent discoveries in the field of cognitive sciences......more