Neuromythology. What do we really know about the brain and what do we not know about it

"Neuromythology" is an exemplary popular science study that aims to delve into the heap of various neuro-works of modern times. This book attempts to find an answer to the question: why have we started continuously scanning the brain and what do we want to find there? • Neurotheology, neuroeconomics, neurolaw, neuroaesthetics... what other disciplines have already emerged, and what awaits us in the coming years? • The book seeks to show that the didactic confidence of the neurosciences is not proportional to their actual cognitive ability, loud predictions and theories balance on a very delicate foundation of reliable empirical data, and only the growing mass of freely interpreted results prevents them from collapsing. • Why, despite all the modern brain research, can we still not detect lies and identify psychopaths among ordinary people? Reissue of the book in a pocket-sized format with a soft cover!