The book was interesting. The examples were specific and make the reader see the authors purpose. However, many examples were one sided and left the reader to wonder about other brain defects and their impacts on morality and our current legal system.

A very well written book. Eagleman covers neuroscience, but in terms a non-neuroscientist can understand. He poses lots of great questions and has a very clear understanding of where the field is currently at in terms on understanding the brain and consciousness. Recommend for anyone with an inquisitive mind. Probably not for neuroscience professionals.

An easy to read, thought provoking book that left me wondering who or what am I?

THANK YOU COLBERT REPORT FOR INTRODUCING THIS BOOK TO ME!!!!

I found this book to be a wonderful, deeply delightful journey into a topic of great fascination to me - the human brain. This is the best of Oliver Sacks and Malcolm Gladwell combined into one author. Highly recommended.

Eagleman does an absolutely outstanding job distilling a fairly complex range of topics into a fabulous easy read for anyone interested in the human mind. In a very down-to-earth style, he explores the history of man's understanding of the brain, the scientific underpinnings of today's neuropsychological and neurophysiological theories and the practical socio-legal aspects of our collective treatment of the conscious and subconscious. In what would easily lend itself to become lost in the argot of the underlying concepts, he utilizes interesting case-studies and examples that just keep the pages turning. (So basically it's a really cool book on the conscious and subconscious minds. Get it.) The eBook really capitalizes on the iPad's abilities in the illustrations. Totally worth the money. Loved it.