The Next Big Idea

Book Bite #6: Want to Know the Secret to Getting Smarter?


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Keeping up with the cognitive demands of modern life has pushed our brains to their limits. But if the world around us won’t change, then we have to. And to do that, according to science writer Annie Murphy Paul, we need to stop being so brain-bound.
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