Livewired
by David Eagleman
The brain as a constantly rewiring system: blind people seeing with their tongues, cortical takeover after limb loss, sensory substitution devices, and why the brain's plasticity is the real story of human adaptability. Eagleman's most substantive book.
Read it if…
you want the current science of neuroplasticity from someone building devices with it.
Skip it if…
you want self-improvement tips; it is science.
Three things you will actually use
- The brain rewires to whatever it is fed.
- Use it or lose it is literal.
- Adaptability is the human superpower.
Do this first
Read the chapter on sensory substitution.
Our verdict
Plasticity, from a device-builder.
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