INCOGNITO The Secret Lives of the Brain

Throughout the millennia, information has been storing itself in our DNA. Then, as we live, experience comes in, but our evaluation of what we see and do and feel and think goes on in the brain while we remain unaware. The result? Thoughts, sometimes conflicting ones, rise to the surface of our consciousness, and then we must evaluate and decide. Eagleman, author and reader, is so enthusiastic about the topic that his presentation becomes cloying here and there. But for the listener, the ideas most often override. He is not a professional reader, but he still gets his messages across. D.R.W. © AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2011]