I second the recommendation of John Medina's talk at Google. I generally liked Brain Rules, too, although I did have some reservations about some of his ideas. I will have to check out the other book.
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I second the recommendation of John Medina's talk at Google. I generally liked Brain Rules, too, although I did have some reservations about some of his ideas. I will have to check out the other book.