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Jane Austen alert! This month's book, Jane on the Brain, was a New York Times "New and Notable Selection." Wendy Jones's fun and insightful book presents how Jane Austen's characters model what we now understand to be mind/brain science. This book had Linda gushing about its smart and witty illustrations of psychological concepts using some of her favorite characters. Nancy loved the book, too -- I mean its focus is Jane Austen! If you love to dissect why people do the things they do, or if you love Jane Austen, this episode is for you! If you like both, you need to buy this book!
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Jane Austen alert! This month's book, Jane on the Brain, was a New York Times "New and Notable Selection." Wendy Jones's fun and insightful book presents how Jane Austen's characters model what we now understand to be mind/brain science. This book had Linda gushing about its smart and witty illustrations of psychological concepts using some of her favorite characters. Nancy loved the book, too -- I mean its focus is Jane Austen! If you love to dissect why people do the things they do, or if you love Jane Austen, this episode is for you! If you like both, you need to buy this book!

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