Reviewed by Joséphine on
Initial thoughts: Recently, I attended a networking session during which I met a really interesting person. We had a great exchange of ideas, although, or maybe precisely because, he's more into psychology and I'm more into sociology. I ended up scrolling through the list of audiobooks on his Audible app, and this title caught my eye, so I decided to give it a go.
Evolve Your Brain goes into a lot more biology than I have read in a long time. But it did recap a good deal of neurology that I vaguely remember studying in tenth grade. It was pretty insightful to learn more about the applied science of it, in terms of how it translates into how we think.
That being said, there were sections that had rather strong New Age tendencies. Some of the scientific information was framed in New Age thoughts as well. Going into the audiobook, I had no idea who this author was, but now that I've looked him up, this shouldn't have come as a surprise. I don't subscribe to these beliefs, so those aspects didn't add much value for me.
Nonetheless, I found Evolve Your Brain to be a clear introduction to neuroscience and psychology. It brought up some concepts as well regarding focus and concentration that I want to delve deeper into. For that however, I'll be sure to look out for authors who have the proper training and qualifications and who don't use science to seamlessly anchor their pseudoscience.
Reading updates
- Started reading
- 4 September, 2019: Finished reading
- 4 September, 2019: Reviewed