The Brain: The Story of You David Eagleman. Pantheon, $27.95 (240p) ISBN 978-1-101-87053-2. Neuroscientist and novelist Eagleman (Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain) reports on many big ...

This is an edited extract from his book ‘The Brain: The Story of You’, published on November 5 by Canongate, £20. For information on Eagleman’s UK events, visit bit.ly/davideagleman.

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