Tiago F's Reviews > Brains Explained: How They Work Why They Work That Way

I don't know the authors who supposedly have a pretty popular YouTube channel, but the book intrigued me, especially with its modern/fun branding and nice cover. The content is very beginner friendly, and it's very well designed - similar to DK books.

However, three major issues made me dislike the book. First, it's misleading in its content. I was expecting neuroscience, but a lot of it is actually psychology, which was disappointing. And very basic psychology at that. If you have read any psychology at all, most of it will very familiar already.

Second, this type of book, because of its graphic art and overall structure, is very well suited for children and teenagers that want to learn about the brain. And yet the book has several sexual references which were completely unnecessary. It's it was a very, very dumb decision. ~

Lastly, while overall, the content is solid, I noticed several errors or inaccuracies. As some examples:
- It claims that creatine has no cognitive benefit (did they even bother to look at a single study about it?)
- It states that intelligence is a worthless metric with no prediction power (again, did they even read any research about using intelligence as a predictor psychometric?)
- It mentions the God helmet as if it was a legit and simple explanation to some religious experiences, failing to mention how controversial it is and the countless failed replications.

Overall it's an OK book, but these shortcomings bothered me. It's annoying that it could have been much better with just some extra care and oversight.