The genius within : Smart pills, brain hacks and adventures in intelligence

By:

Adam, David

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Picador, 2018.Edition: 1Description: 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

9781509805006

Subject(s):

Intellect -- Popular works. Nootropic agents

DDC classification:

153.9 ADA-G

Contents:

Introduction -- Our brain revolution -- Mensa material -- A problem of intelligence -- Treating and cheating -- Pills and society -- Born with brains -- Current thinking -- The man who learned to cry -- The brain and other muscles -- The little girl who could draw -- The genius within -- The happiest man on death row -- On the brain train -- Faster, stronger, smarter.

Summary: What if you have more intelligence than you realize? What if there is a genius inside you, just waiting to be released? And what if the route to better brain power is not hard work or thousands of hours of practice but to simply swallow a pill? In The Genius Within, David Adam explores the ground-breaking neuroscience of cognitive enhancement that is changing the way the brain and the mind works to make it better, sharper, more focused and, yes, more intelligent.

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Introduction --
Our brain revolution --
Mensa material --
A problem of intelligence --
Treating and cheating --
Pills and society --
Born with brains --
Current thinking --
The man who learned to cry --
The brain and other muscles --
The little girl who could draw --
The genius within --
The happiest man on death row --
On the brain train --
Faster, stronger, smarter.

What if you have more intelligence than you realize? What if there is a genius inside you, just waiting to be released? And what if the route to better brain power is not hard work or thousands of hours of practice but to simply swallow a pill? In The Genius Within, David Adam explores the ground-breaking neuroscience of cognitive enhancement that is changing the way the brain and the mind works to make it better, sharper, more focused and, yes, more intelligent.

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