but I thought my brain was my mind?’

 

Yet despite such criticism I will argue that ‘Your Brian and You’ is a timely book in showing that understanding how your brain works will reap real benefits for your mind. The immediate response for many might be, ‘but I thought my brain was my mind?’  But the brain, to use an analogy, is essentially a muscle and the mind might be regarded as the means to how that muscle appears to yourself and others. So this book will point the reader to the advantages of understanding how your brain works and it is this deeper understanding which will aid your mind.