Chantel Prat, "The Neuroscience of You" with Jevin West Book Event

1521 10th Avenue,Seattle WA 98122

03 August, 2022

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We are delighted to be helping celebrate the arrival into the world of University of Washington professor Chantel Prat’s book, The Neuroscience of You: How Every Brain is Different and How to Understand Yours (Dutton). A professor with appointments in the departments of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics; and with affiliations at the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, the Center for Neurotechnology, and the Institute for Neuroengineering, she gives general readers, as well as those more versed in neuroscience, an illuminating look at how our brains function. “In The Neuroscience of You, Chantel Prat pulls off the nearly impossible feat of writing a book that is authoritative, personal, technically astute and charming. Prat offers a profound thesis: that there is wonder and beauty in understanding the variation in how brains function. Prat teaches us that these differences should not be fuel for division, but rather, the object of fascination, appreciation, and celebration.” —C. Brandon Ogbunu. “Move over, outer space—this book is a dazzling tour through inner space. Chantel Prat has a rare, remarkable gift for making neurons sing and dendrites dance, and she’s written the smartest, clearest, and funniest book I’ve ever read about the brain.”—Adam Grant. Joining Professor Prat in conversation this evening will be Jevin West, associate professor in the Information School at the University of Washington, and co-author of Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World. This is scheduled to be live/in-person at Elliott Bay Book Company.