2006 decide proust magazine

books:

24 reviews
Jonah Lehrer

Mariner Books, 2008

Wonderful
First off, I have not read such elegant prose as this in ages. Jonah Lehrer's style effuses artistry. It was incredibly refreshing, but now I thirst for more. Unfortunately, there is only one Jonah Lehrer and few with his skill, at least within the scientific realm. He is able to set music to neurotransmitters and make them dance. Secondly, not only is there a wide variety of stories here, ...

How We Decide
Jonah Lehrer

Houghton Mifflin, 2009

From the acclaimed author of Proust Was a Neuroscientist, a fascinating look at the new science of decision-making—and how it can help us make better choices Since Plato, philosophers have described the decision-making process as either rational or emotional: we carefully deliberate or we "blink" and go with our gut. But as scientists break open the mind's black box with the latest tools of neuroscience, they're discovering that this is not ...

Seed Magazine Feb/Mar 2006
Jonah Lehrer Daniel Dennett, 2006

Seed Magazine: Science is Culture. February/March 2006. The Revolution is in your head. Daniel Dennett on religion.