The Idiot Brain - Dean Burnett

Summary
- Why your brain does the things that it does. Entertaining but a good explanation of different brain processes
Details
- Hindsight Bias
- Fading-effect Bias
- A level of self-esteem is necessary for normal functioning
- Humans can discriminate between 1 trillion smells
- Our sense of touch is made up of multiple sensor types
- The human retina is incredibly sensitive to light
- The processing of visual signals by our brain is ridiculously complex
- Human beings are designed to be social