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If the mindful mind-the part you consider to be you-is just the tip of the iceberg, what is the others doing? In this gleaming and provocative new e book, the renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate surprising mysteries: Why can your ft . move halfway to the brake pedal before you become consciously alert to danger ahead? Why will you notice your name being stated in a talk that you didn't think you were hearing? What do Ulysses and the market meltdown have in common? Why have Thomas Edison electrocute an elephant in 1916? Why are folks whose names commence with J more likely to marry other people whose names commence with J? Exactly why is it so difficult to keep a secret? And how can you really get irritated at yourself-who, exactly, is mad at whom? Taking in brain damage, plane spotting, going out with, drugs, beauty, infidelity, synesthesia, legal law, artificial cleverness, and aesthetic illusions, Incognito is an exciting subsurface exploration of the mind and all its contradictions.
