I know this book was going to be about the science of self-awareness...but I wasn't expecting that would be so literally, to the point where this read like a textbook about scientific experiments and studies, with the heavy and murky language to go along. This wasn't an easy read, but even if I was expecting it wouldn't be a light read, it was just too science-y and dry to even impart some knowledge about how self-awareness actually functions in a person and not in a lab environment

Welcome to the exciting study of metacognitive neuroscience, a new branch of neuroscience. This book is written for a general audience and while I did struggle at times with understanding the flow and where the book was going, overall I did learn a ton of new and valuable information.

This was a very well-presented history and anecdotes of metacognition and the ability to interpret new information, synthesize it with logic and heuristics, then bring up accurate answers and solutions from your breadth of knowledge, and what inner cognitive workings of the brain occur to make that all happen. Thoroughly enjoyed it and will be coming back to it again and again!

Very detailed book -goes very indepth into the science of the brain and thoughts and how that can shape who we are and why.

Great book on self awareness. Interesting to learn how the brain is very complex and how it operates. The book is very science dense so be aware of that going into it. But if you want to know more about how the self is shaped definitely read this book

This book makes you think about your thinking about your thinking? Confused? At times, I admit I was. However the book is written well, and in quite an engaging style; philosophical, neurological and psychological in equal parts.

I found it an interesting and thought-provoking read. I feel at the end I understand myself and my thinking a little better.

At first, I would like to thank Netgalley and Basic Books for allowing me to review this book. Keep in mind that my review, however, is my true opinion on this book.

A book on health, mind and body by Stephen M Fleming is behind the interesting cover and the book “Know Thyself”.

The author, Stephen M Fleming, is a Wellcome Trust/Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellow at the Department of Experimental Psychology and Principal Investigator at the Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, University College London, where he leads the Metacognition Group. So he surely knows what he is talking about in the book!

In the book, Stephen M Fleming explores the human mind through science. He explains all about the brain's complexity, and how our brain determines everything in our lives. How do we know who we are? What is self awareness? What about depressions? In the book, you will learn about how to learn, and the decisions about decisions. You will learn about yourself, and you will learn about others. ANd all of it, leading back to the brain.

It is a very interesting topic, and I loved that everything in this book is based on science.

The book is written in a language that is easy to understand, even though the complexity and the science behind the book is difficult to understand. But in the book, it is presented so that everybody can understand it and learn from it.

There is no doubt that you will learn something about yourself, your brain, and other people just by reading “Know Thyself”.

Twenty-five hundred years ago, someone inscribed Know thyself on a column at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi, where the Pythian priestesses famously uttered their prophecies. Socrates, whom one priestess pegged as the wisest man in the ancient world, discussed the maxim with his pupils Xenophon and Plato, creating the foundation for its modern meaning as an exhortation to be self-aware (versus an admonition to subordinate ourselves to the gods). And today, self-awareness — or metacognition, as psychologists and neuroscientists call it — is just as relevant, especially for leaders.

Metacognition, explains Stephen M. Fleming, principal investigator at the Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, University College London, and author of Know Thyself: The Science of Self-Awareness, is “our mind’s ability to reflect on, think about, and know things about itself, including how it remembers, perceives, decides, thinks, and feels.” Literally, it is your ability to think about your own thinking....read the rest here: https://www.strategy-business.com/blog/Leader-know-thyself