Ginnie's review
Proust Was a Neuroscientist by Jonah Lehrer (Goodreads author!)
Not exactly pop science; not hard science. But the newest research in memory is my current research interest. Jonathan Lehrer's keen portraits make for a winning read. Using Woolf, Stravinsky, Cézanne, Whitman, and a handful of others, he shows how art has given us as much insight into the human mind as science has. He argues in this original book that science is not the only path to knowledge. In fact, where the brain is concerned, art got there first.
I had read numerous reviews of this book and I was delighted to find it clearly written and definitely accessible. I especially enjoyed the discussion of neuroscience advances in memory research. My favorite chapter was about the chef, Escoffier. It makes sense that chefs would discover how to manipulate our taste buds long before scientists could explain why something tastes so good.
I had read numerous reviews of this book and I was delighted to find it clearly written and definitely accessible. I especially enjoyed the discussion of neuroscience advances in memory research. My favorite chapter was about the chef, Escoffier. It makes sense that chefs would discover how to manipulate our taste buds long before scientists could explain why something tastes so good.
