HOW CAN I KNOW WHAT I’LL THINK BEFORE I HEAR WHAT I SAY?

Attraction and love, guilt and shame, anger and lenience, horror and ethics: our feelings are controlled by the brain. But what exactly happens in there when we argue, love or go off in a huff? Are we generous even if we post something about it on Facebook afterwards?

Franca Parianen says that if we want to better understand ourselves, our feelings and other people, then we have to better understand our brains and how they work. She presents a gamut of fascinating facts and reams of anecdotes to both intrigue and entertain us.

With expert knowledge, verve and wit, Franca Parianen explains how the brain directs our feelings and social lives. Understand yourself. Go ahead, just try it

› CAUTION: Your brain makes mistakes. (But don’t tell it, you’ll only confuse it.)

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  • Publisher: Rowohlt Polaris
  • Release: 24.03.2017
  • ISBN: 978-3-499-63203-7
  • 352 Pages
  • Author: Franca Parianen

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Franca Parianen

Franca Parianen , born in 1989, works at the Max Planck Institute for Cognitive and Neurological Science in Leipzig. Her research focusses on human social behaviour in neurological, hormonal and developmental contexts, as well as social and ethical emotions. She has been active on the science slam scene since 2014.