I am reviewing this late because I read this in installments.

It's a great idea. 40 leading neuroscientists talking about the areas that they find most fascinating and would like to explain to the general public.

Some were better written than others. I cared for some more than the others but overall a book worth reading and rereading as new research comes into existence.

I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley.

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Thank you Yale University Press and Netgalley for the opportunity to red this book in return for my honest review.

I was excited to read this book of essays by different scientists. I really enjoy reading books that can teach me more about the mind and also about medicine, this book did not disappoint. This was a book that took me some time to read, in fits and starts but it was highly informative thought provoking and held my interest.

Thank you for the opportunity to read this great book.

If you consider, English isn't my first language and this is a book covering neuroscience and I still found myself sipping happily my cup of coffee and enjoying hugely to dip in and out of this fascinating collection of essays.

Well, if you consider all this, then you will agree, it's a no brainer, the book is not too heavy on the subject.

In fact I found it well balanced. Some stories dig deeper into the grey matter than others, but overall the brain and what makes us do this or behave like that, it sure is an amazing subject.

How we learn, why we love and what happens in our brain when we enjoy sex, it's all covered here. The way in which our experiences shape us and if we will one day be able to create a "replacement brain", I found particularly interesting.

You don't have to be brainy to enjoy this diverse collection of essays, but you will know quite a bit about brian science once you've read Think Tank.

Think Tank is like taking a coach tour of a vast continent on which you get a taster of many different and fascinating places so that at a later date, with the descriptions from the brochures which have been made available, you have a way of exploring a particular area of interest in your own time or slowly working your way through the opus over a life-time.

If you are someone who has delved into aspects of neuroscience before this is a useful book for pulling the many strands of the complex discipline together, particularly with respect to the brain. This branch of science, is multi-disciplinary, networking in the same way as the neurones of the brain.

Each chapter only skims the surface of this vast and multi-layered subject but seems to cover all the essentials in a clear and concise manner, making it possible to take in the concepts in bite-sized pieces and mull them over. What you are left with is the impression that the more we find out about the brain, the less we really know about it and there are wonderful mysteries we do not yet have the technology to explore.

For anyone interested in the neuroscience of the brain, which at times seems almost like something out of science fiction, then this is a highly readable and fascinating introductory book into the subject.

This book was not what I thought it was going to be but I liked it. I think it will be difficult to find an audience though as it is very scientifically dense. While I appreciated that the science wasn't watered down "pop psychology", it did make for a more challenging read. The entries are brief enough to be engaging though and are well cited. I really like the cover.

An interesting and well researched, diverse collection of essays about one of the most fascinating parts of the human body, the brain.
The premise of the book is that a group of scientists were each asked to contribute an essay about an aspect of the brain that fascinated them, and when collated , the resultant book is educational but irreverent, and an entertaining read. Topics covered range from how the senses work, to the role of the brain in addiction, nature vs nurture, the role of the brain in sexuality and gender identity and even the possibility of creating an artificial brain . Some of the essays were more science heavy than others, but the book would be easily understood and enjoyed by any curious reader, no prior knowledge of the topic is necessary. I learned a lot while reading this, and consider it one of the most interesting and informative books I have read this year.