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What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite
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Why do we routinely choose options that don't meet our short-term needs and undermine our long-term goals? Why do we willingly expose ourselves to temptations that undercut our hard-fought progress to overcome addictions? Why are we prone to assigning meaning to statistically common coincidences? Why do we insist we're right even when evidence contradicts us?
In What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite, science writer David DiSalvo reveals a remarkable paradox: what your brain wants is frequently not what your brain needs. In fact, much of what makes our brains "happy" leads to errors, biases, and distortions, which make getting out of our own way extremely difficult. DiSalvo's search includes forays into evolutionary and social psychology, cognitive science, neurology, and even marketing and economics - as well as interviews with many of the top thinkers in psychology and neuroscience today.
From this research-based platform, DiSalvo draws out insights that we can use to identify our brains' foibles and turn our awareness into edifying action. Ultimately, DiSalvo argues, the research does not serve up ready-made answers, but provides us with actionable clues for overcoming the plight of our advanced brains and, consequently, living more fulfilled lives.
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- Joseph
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Kind of strays far far the books title.
feels like it never really stayed on point. mostly a collectiom of pop psychology studies.
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- Andrew Siegel
- 08-17-16
Great content but non-professional narration
The subject matter is critical for anyone wishing a better understanding of the mistakes that our brain's wiring causes. But by choosing to narrate his own book the author in my view made it more difficult to follow than similar audiobooks that featured professionally trained narrators.
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- Sean
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Cursory but not instructive
The book provides a decent tour of current psychology and behavior science but does not offer any substantive tips about how to use the information.
As a science author (as opposed to a scientist) he does a good job of explaining subtle concepts. The other side of this coin is that most of the information is presented in layman's terms. So if you are looking for a more scientific exploration of these issues you should look at other titles.
Like most books in this category, the author spends a great deal of time describing how we are led astray by cognitive biases without offering any insight about how to avoid them. I would like to see a book that tried to tackle that problem more seriously.
Unfortunately, the author chose to read his own book, which is almost always a mistake. The delivery is rather flat--not monotone, but it doesn't really hold your attention.
Overall, the content is accurate and informative and the performance is adequate. If you are looking for an introduction to cognitive bias then the book will be interesting. If you want a more in depth scientific approach I would recommend "Thinking Fast and Slow."
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What did you love best about What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite?
The content of the book is relevant, interesting, and captivating. I had to listen twice, though, because he reads it a bit too fast. Awesome book and so useful, reminding me of topics I haven't studied for awhile, and adding new info and support in a way that is accessible to those versed or new to psychology concepts. It would be a lot better if the reader slowed down so I didn't have to listen twice :-)
What was one of the most memorable moments of What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite?
Reviewing the concepts
What do you think the narrator could have done better?
Read slower
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- Chris
- 05-17-13
Good content, untrained narration
What did you like best about What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite? What did you like least?
This book is good on all fronts, except for when it comes to narration (which is about half the battle when it comes to audiobooks). I recommend the non-audio version of this book. The author narrates it himself. The recording quality and clarity is acceptable, but the inflection and delivery is so off it's painful to listen to after five minutes.
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- Kindle Customer
- 09-07-18
great but difficult
it a new and great subject about that great organ, the brain. but language was difficult...
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- AmazonCustomer
- 12-24-22
Good info, bad delivery
The author was rushed and dry in his performance. The information was great but it could have been delivered better.
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- Suchindra K C
- 08-05-16
Very technical and bad storytelling
This books has brilliant concepts explained in a very boring manner. Parts of the audio is cut and the delivery of narration is very boring. The Book's content structure is technical and lacks good storytelling techniques.
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- leia
- 08-12-20
Exhausting
Agro male voice feels like an attack; this guy should stick to writing and leave the reading to someone who doesn’t get so out of breath. It’s exhausting just to listen to.
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- Chris
- 11-11-23
Disappointing
I thought I would finaly get the answer to the question Why do we do things knowing they aren’t good for us? I see the meaning of the happy brain but the book doesn’t give much more explanation.
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