Livewired

Outline

Livewired (2020) explains how the brain constantly rewires itself in response to experience. David Eagleman shows that the brain is not fixed hardware but a living, changing system that adapts to new senses, lost abilities, and new technologies. With fascinating examples, such as people learning to sense the world in new ways, the book reveals how flexible our minds are and what this means for learning and the future.

• The brain is not fixed hardware but a living system that keeps rewiring itself in response to experience.
• Your brain adapts throughout life, so learning new skills is not limited to childhood.
• The brain can adjust to new senses, lost abilities, and new technologies.
• Some people have learned to sense the world in new ways, which shows how flexible the mind is.
• This flexibility has real consequences for how we think about learning and the future.

David Eagleman is an American neuroscientist, author, and adjunct professor at Stanford University who studies how the brain constructs our experience of reality. He created and hosted the television series The Brain and founded companies that turn brain research into practical devices. His books include Incognito, The Brain, and Livewired.