An interactive book introduces readers to the wonders of the human brain, covering how it works, what it does, and what is understood about it.

Why do people pay millions of dollars for celebrity memorabilia? Why do people have children? A renowned professor discusses the new science of pleasure in this video lecture.

"In The Myth of Mirror Neurons, neuroscientist Gregory Hickok reexamines the mirror neuron story and finds that it is built on a tenuous foundation--a pair of codependent assumptions about mirror neuron activity and human understanding. Drawing on a broad range of observations from work on animal behavior, modern neuroimaging, neurological disorders, and more, Hickok argues that the foundational assumptions fall flat in light of the facts. He then...