Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-253) and index.

"In this groundbreaking book, two eminent scientists, Gary Lynch and Richard Granger, deliver a fascinating and fast-paced investigation of how our brains got the way they are, and how they might get better - much better. Reconstructing the Boskop brain leads Lynch and Granger to new insights into how our brain functions: how memory gets encoded; how the process fails with age and disease; how we perceive, act, and communicate; and what mechanisms in the brain can potentially be enhanced, improving on the current design. In Big Brain, they reveal how the secrets of human and Boskop brains can teach us to think faster and more clearly, to increase our memory capacities, and to sustain our mental abilities further into old age, even to fight neural disorders and diseases such as Alzheimer's." "Weaving together history, science, and the latest theories of artificial intelligence, memory, language, and neuroscience, Lynch and Granger demystify the complexities of our brains, and give us tantalizing insights into our humanity - its past and its future."--Jacket.

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