Override

my quest to go beyond brain training and take control of my mind
Caroline Williams

‘If your mind has a mind of its own, this is the book that will teach you how to discipline it and stop it wandering off. Caroline Williams has written an entertaining, smart self-help book for people who hate self-help books. Her great skill is in navigating the complexity of neuroscience to produce a practical, no-nonsense guide to brain-training that is also a page-turner.’

Gaia Vince, award-winning author of Adventures in the Anthropocene

‘A more nuanced understanding of how our brains really work that is both empowering and insightful.’

Fred Sculthorpe, The Irish Times

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‘A delightful book. Smart, spirited, personal, and stocked with well-researched psychological and neural facts, woven together in an original tapestry.’

Marc Lewis, award-winning author of The Biology of Desire

Can you really rewire an adult brain? In Override, Caroline Williams goes on a mission to find out.

Volunteering herself as a guinea pig for top neuroscientists, Williams travels the world testing out brain training techniques that promise to affect real change: from improving on weaknesses such as her limited attention span, tendency to worry, and poor navigation skills, to more mysterious areas such as creativity and the perception of time.

From high-tech brain stimulation to meditation, adding bolt-on senses, and retraining stress response, Override is an intimate, fascinating journey into discovering what neuroscience can do for us — and what it can't.

Gaia Vince, award-winning author of Adventures in the Anthropocene

‘A more nuanced understanding of how our brains really work that is both empowering and insightful.’

Fred Sculthorpe, The Irish Times

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Format:Paperback

Size: 198mm × 129mm

Extent:288pp

ISBN (13):9781911344995

RRP:£8.99

Pub date:11 Jan 2018

Rights Held: UK & Commonwealth (Europe exclusive)

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Caroline Williams

Caroline Williams is a science journalist and editor. A consultant for, and regular contributor to, New Scientist, her written work has also appeared in The Guardian, BBC Future, and BBC Earth, among others.She has worked as a radio producer and reporter for BBC Radio, and was the regular co-host of the New Scientist podcast from 2006 to 2010. She is editor of ?two New Scientist Instant Expert guides: How Your Brain Works: inside the most complicated object in the universe (John Murray, 2017) and Your Conscious Mind: unravelling the greatest mystery of the human brain. She holds a BSc in biological sciences from Exeter University and an MSc (Distinction) in science communication from Imperial College London. She lives in Surrey, UK.