Read a book on the brain and write a brief review.

Book Review

Article review (10 points – 1000 to 1500 words)

• Summarize the book and relate the author’s main point, or thesis, or purposes. (Somewhere early in the paper, identify the author briefly.)

• Describe the author’s viewpoint and purpose for writing; note any aspects of the author’s background that are important for understanding the article.

• Note the most important evidence the author presents to support his or her thesis.

• Evaluate the author’s use of evidence, and describe how he or she deals with counter evidence.

• Is the article’s argument convincing? If so why, if not, why not. Cite examples from the text.

• Compare this article with other articles or books you have read on the same subject.

• Conclude with a final evaluation of the article. You might discuss who would find this book useful and why.

This is a Brain Learning and Education Course.

Extra credit: 10 points – Book review. Read a book on the brain and write a brief review. possible choices:

• The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (O. Sacks),
• The Mind and the Brain (J. Schwartz & S. Begley),
• The Brain: The Story of You (D. Eagleman),
• The Brain that Changes Itself (N. Doidge), An Unquiet Mind, (K.R. Jamison),
• A Beautiful Mind, (S. Nassar & A. Fields),
• The Evil Hours (D. Morris),
• Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers (B. Sapolky)