Books for brains this October
During the month of October book clubs across Australia are invited to read a book for brainpower. ‘Books for Brains’ is a Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) initiative calling on book clubs around Australia to put their heads together and read a book with a focus on the brain and mind.
During the month of October book clubs across Australia are invited to read a book for brainpower.
‘Books for Brains’ is a Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) initiative calling on book clubs around Australia to put their heads together and read a book with a focus on the brain and mind. NeuRA has gathered a list of the best brain related books of the past decade for the inaugural event.
Already, registrations are pouring in from book clubs suggesting books for next year’s list. Clubs that register will receive notes from NeuRA researchers commenting on selected chapters from Norman Doidge’s best seller ‘The brain that changes itself’. Join in with a brainy discussion with your book club.
The concept has received praise and is supported by a number of bestselling authors.
Norman Doidge, author of this year’s featured book, The Brain that Changes Itself, says: “At this moment, while Australian neuroscience researchers are ‘punching well above their weight’ and making huge breakthroughs, so many Australians display an open minded wonder about the brain.
“That’s why NeuRA’s initiative, Books for Brains, is such a wonderful idea. What could be more enlivening than digesting the meaning of new findings, which can so illuminate our lives, by getting together and discussing them within your book club – with the helpful, up to date comments on offer through Books for Brains from leading Australian researchers at NeuRA.”
Ruby Wax, comedian and author of 2013’s bestseller, Sane New World, a story about what is it like to live with depression, says: “The problem is in us; in our brains. The conflict is within ourselves. It’s those voices battering us and we project it out on the world. Inside our heads there is always war. I totally support NeuRA’s Books for Brains – unless we learn what’s in our heads, we will never resolve our own issues and the world’s.”
NeuRA’s Books for Brains initiative aims to encourage book clubs to think about the importance of brain research.
To register and access this year’s book list, visit www.neura.edu.au/booksforbrains
