Reviews for An anatomy of thought

The average rating for An anatomy of thought based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-02-25 00:00:00 Brendan Young "An Anatomy of Thought" is a fascinating overview of how our minds evolved to the way they are now, and how we reached our current understanding of it. It's written well, though still the topic is by nature quite dense so this is no beach read. Also, I picked up this book thinking that it would be more like a reference guide to the parts and processes of the brain, which it isn't, at least not primarily. I'm not disappointed at all, but readers should know that this is more a guide on the evolutionary process that formed our minds and the scientific process that has illuminated what we know to date. The biggest impression I take from this book is how very little we know about our minds, but how ingenious the methods used to discover what we do know have been.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-08-10 00:00:00 Trent Imeson Very detailed book about many aspects of the brain. It was pretty interesting but also long and dense and I ran out of steam about 70% of the way through. (although I did finish it!)