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    Brain Briefs: Answers to the Most (and Least) Pressing Questions about Your Mind

    By Art Markman and Bob Duke

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    Why do we love kitten videos so much? Does time speed up as we get older? Should we play brain games? Can we make ourselves happy? Art Markman and Bob Duke, hosts of the popular Austin-based KUT radio show and podcast Two Guys on Your Head, are here to answer all your questions about how the brain works and why we behave the way we do. Featuring the latest empirical findings, this is science served up in fun and revelatory bite-size bits, along with a complete set of references for further study.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSterling
    Release dateOct 4, 2016
    ISBN9781454925033
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