What is neuroscience? ; How do neuroscientists study the brain? ; Evolution, energetics, and the 10% myth ; Neurons and synapses ; Neurotransmitters and drugs ; Juicing the brain -- Coming to your senses ; Perception and your brain's little lies ; Pain -- all in your head? ; Decisions -- your brain's secret ballot ; Reward, adaptation, and addiction ; Many forms of memory -- Quirks of memory ; Learning, studying, and sleep ; Willpower and mental work ; Work, play, and stress ; Biological timekeepers and jet lag ; Hidden talents of infants -- Mozart myth and active learning ; Childhood and adolescence ; Handedness-- sports, speech, and presidents ; Reaching the top of the mountain -- aging ; "Brain exercise" and real exercise ; Animal and human personality -- Intelligence, genes, and environment ; Weather in your brain -- emotions ; Fear, loathing, and anger ; From weather to climate -- Mood ; Social brain, empathy, and autism ; Mars and Venus-- men's and women's brains -- Sex, love, and bonds for life ; Math and other evolutionary curiosities ; Consciousness and free will ; Near-death and other extreme experiences ; Spirituality and religion ; Happiness and other research opportunities.
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