Ian Robertson: Mind Sculpture - Unleashing Your Brain's Potential

Bantam

$27.95

With the sparkling advances in the science of genetics it has become widely accepted that much of what you are as a human being is preordained by your genes.

The pendulum has swung too far away from the idea of what you can become, writes Ian Robertson, professor of psychology at Trinity College, Dublin, in this fascinating book.

Writing about as beautifully as it is possible to imagine a book on a serious scientific subject being written, he continues, "The electric you, born of love and experience, soothes your inherited biology, trimming its sails for the soft winds of human relationships and civilisation."

Scanning the results of many research projects, he refutes genetic determinism and shows how our brains are physically shaped and changed by our experience.

Among his findings: education builds brain power, love makes the brain grow, and working out in the mental gym can increase physical strength.