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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
Emotions are something we all have but are often at odds to be able to explain. A gut feeling, anger, anxiety, happiness and depression. This book shed some real light on the science behind what we feel and incorporated research and real world scenerios to drive home the complexity and amazing advancements in this area of science.
Leonard Mlodinow is truly an amazing writer and science communicator and it made the experience of reading this book effortless.
This book was so engrossing! Right from the get go, it drew me in and kept me reading and learning. He highlighted just how much thoughts and research has changed on the topic over time, to what was thought throughout history to what were just beginning to understand now. From animal emotions to the relationship of the gut-brain axis, there’s plenty in this book to interest.
Also, the fact that male fruit flies turn to alcohol after being spurned by female fruit flies added something to my life I didn’t know I needed!
It was written amazingly well, perfect for the seasoned non fictional reader or for the first time enthusiast alike. It’s written for everyone, with digestible chunks and easy to understand language, whilst still driving home the messages and complexities of this field.
I loved the science in this and completely devoured the book within a few days. It had a perfect mix between the authors own stories, the experiences of situations and emotions as told by others, real world and scientific research. I also loved the addition of learning your own emotional profile and the ending chapter of how to implement scientific findings to your own life.
And the ending epilogue was truly beautiful and an utterly heart wrenching/ incredibly warming way to finish the book. I truly loved reading this and it was a sure fire winner of 5 stars.
I read an advanced copy of this book with my thanks to the publishers. All thoughts in this review are my own.
Leonard Mlodinow is truly an amazing writer and science communicator and it made the experience of reading this book effortless.
This book was so engrossing! Right from the get go, it drew me in and kept me reading and learning. He highlighted just how much thoughts and research has changed on the topic over time, to what was thought throughout history to what were just beginning to understand now. From animal emotions to the relationship of the gut-brain axis, there’s plenty in this book to interest.
Also, the fact that male fruit flies turn to alcohol after being spurned by female fruit flies added something to my life I didn’t know I needed!
It was written amazingly well, perfect for the seasoned non fictional reader or for the first time enthusiast alike. It’s written for everyone, with digestible chunks and easy to understand language, whilst still driving home the messages and complexities of this field.
I loved the science in this and completely devoured the book within a few days. It had a perfect mix between the authors own stories, the experiences of situations and emotions as told by others, real world and scientific research. I also loved the addition of learning your own emotional profile and the ending chapter of how to implement scientific findings to your own life.
And the ending epilogue was truly beautiful and an utterly heart wrenching/ incredibly warming way to finish the book. I truly loved reading this and it was a sure fire winner of 5 stars.
I read an advanced copy of this book with my thanks to the publishers. All thoughts in this review are my own.
I don't know if I really did justice to this book, as I read it in fits and spurts, over a long period of time. I'd already read so many other books like it. I wasn't sure if I'd finish it for awhile, but what reignited my interest was a sudden fascination with AI, and whether it was possible that they might ever develop emotion... which lead to a question in my mind of what emotion actually is. The main point relevant to this that I gleaned was that emotions are not mere extraneous data that colors an experience, but can otherwise be ignored at will. In many cases, the emotions actually serve to motivate a course of action... so a machine that is pure logic will lack this element of decision making.
A lot of the things Mlodinow talked about in his book made sense to me. We feel anxiety & uncertainty to an extent because they helped us in an evolutionary sense. Our emotions, & our experiences of these emotions, will affect our present & future situations. Emotional was an interesting book & I found a lot of the things thought-provoking. I like to read books like this because I find them interesting & seeing things from others' point of view always adds to your own knowledge I believe. Sometimes I also find little nuggets that help me too.
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can't help but be in awe in how God made our brain and body ❤
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The author was able to make sense of a topic that I almost failed my first semester of college. Mlodinow was able to provide a history of the how psychologists thought emotions affected human action, and was able to draw in so many studies and real world experiences from others and himself that help the reader understand what he’s saying.