Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman | Book Club

Suggested by: Gülşen
Pages to read: 199
ISBN: 9781939311221 (Originally listed edition)
ISBN: 9780307379788 (Edition Eugene is using)

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While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•To whom would you suggest this book?
•How can thoughts change?
•What information does the brain consider?
•How conscious are people?
•What are degrees of consciousness?
•What is tacit knowledge?
•How do people react when regaining sight after decades?
•How do multistable stimulus effect how the brain interprets information?
•What is the blind spot in the eye?
•What is change blindness?
•What is the unconscious inference?
•What do people see, and not see?
•What is implicit egotism?
•How should people get into the zone?
•What makes people attractive?
•What is the umwelt?
•Is reality subjective?
•What is synesthesia?
•What is instinct blindness?
•How do pheromones effect people?
•What makes a virtuous person?
•What is split-brain surgery for? How do people with a split-brain behave?
•How to limit the effects of Alzheimer’s?
•Can functions be assigned to specific sections of the brain?
•What is the point of revealing a secret?
•How can a tumor effect behavior?
•What is the effect of dopamine?
•What genes make someone more likely to go to prison?
•Is there free will?
•How to improve the justice system?
•What is modifiability and how does it affect responsibility?
•How to be introspective?
•Should you trust your senses?
•What rivals make the brain work?
•Do neurons think?

Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.