Nicholas Wright – Warhead: How the Brain Shapes War and War Shapes the Brain
Update: 2025-11-11
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War. Huh! (Dum dum dum!) What’s our brain good for? “Human brains were not built for comfortable lives”, writes Nicholas Wright. Which rather raises the question, what were they built for? Well, among other things, “Every human brain is built to win – or at least survive a fight.” Dr Wright uses the topography and geography of the human brain as a chapter by chapter means of exploring its many functions and show how it does its job. He shows you where your basic drives such as hunger, thirst and sleep are located – the hypothalamus and the thalamous, since you ask – and navigates all the way to the … Continue reading →
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