Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are

by Joseph E. LeDoux

clear to lay readers and at the same time not insulting to other scientists is tough,

many pieces of the puzzle have already been discovered, and just have to be assembled into a coherent whole.

When two people get together and make a baby, they always end up with a creature that looks and acts like a human and not like a monkey, dog, or fish.

designed by evolution

Unconscious is actually a notoriously ambiguous word.

if we had to consciously plan each muscle contraction, our brain would be so busy we would probably never end up actually taking a step or uttering a sentence.)