The Mind Is Flat: The Illusion of Mental Depth and the Improvised Mind, by Nick Chater Do we invent most of what we think in the moment? Tristan Bekinschtein struggles to wrap his head around a thesis arguing that we have no desires, motives or fears By Tristan Bekinschtein 29 March
Reductionism in Art and Brain Science: Bridging the Two Cultures, by Eric Kandel Tristan Bekinschtein lauds a Nobel laureate’s fusion of art interpretation and analysis with the internal mechanisms by which we see works of art By Tristan Bekinschtein 1 December
Anxious: The Modern Mind in the Age of Anxiety, by Joseph LeDoux A study of fear and how to cope with it is admirably unafraid to take sides, finds Tristan A. Bekinschtein By Tristan Bekinschtein 24 September