David Eagleman’s Incognito book after reading, I thought I should also read the book titled ‘The Brain’ by a neurologist. Obviously, I did well. Actually, there is also a documentary of the book The Brain and I had watched it before. But the effect of watching on TV - no matter how important the topic is - cannot go beyond a fun show and its effect is limited.

I guess everyone is curious about their brain at some point in their life. The known biological center of everything about us for now. A 1.5-kilogram masterpiece in a normal brain with about 1 quadrillion connections with 86 billion neuron cells, each having 10 thousand bonds. We all grow physically as the years go by, and therefore the functions and power of our organs increase. Well, at this point, there are some points running in reverse regarding the brain. I was a bit surprised when I read about a decreasing neuron activity starting from childhood. It felt to me like it was increasing. As someone in middle age, I thought life experience increased the thinking and knowledge capability, and this multiplied brain activity. But in the first pages of the book, when I read the following definition for the connections starting to disappear in the brain reaching maximum connection 2 years after birth, I understood that the book was exactly what I needed.

What makes you, you, is not what develops in your brain, but actually what is destroyed in your brain.

The author asks the questions ‘Who am I?’, ‘What is Reality?’, ‘Who is in Control?’, ‘How Do I Decide?’, ‘Do I Need You?’, and ‘Who Will We Become?’ respectively, and searches for answers under these six headings. Each chapter consists of striking experiments and information about the brain, including Dr. Eagleman’s own research. In fact, I was shocked even when watching the documentary before, seeing how some fatal judicial cases occurred involuntarily. Since it is about the brain, the narrative and language of the book touching every area of life is as fluent and gentle as possible. I strongly recommend you to read this book, which I think is more enjoyable than watching its documentary.