" ... In this highly readable and often mind-boggling tour through the brain's workings, Susan Greenfield brings the reader up to date on the latest theories and controversies of neuroscience. Drawing together many different strands of research, she tackles head-on the questions that have baffled philosophers and scientists since antiquity. Where are memories stored? Are our brains a product of nature or nurture? Will we ever build thinking robots? And are free will and consciousness nothing more than illusions produced by the subconscious mind? ..."
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