'Charming and addictively accessible' STEVEN PINKER 'Original authoritative and beautiful'
BRIAN COX 'The most wonderful adventure' ROBIN INCE A brilliantly illustrated journey through
the wonders and mysteries of the human brain - from a renowned husband-and-wife team of
cognitive neuroscientists. Professors and husband-and-wife team Uta and Chris Frith have
pioneered major studies of brain disorders throughout their nearly fifty-year career. In Two
Heads their distinguished careers serve as a prism through which they share the compelling
story of the birth of neuroscience and their paradigm-shifting discoveries across areas as
wide-ranging as autism and schizophrenia research and new frontiers of social cognition
including diversity prejudice confidence collaboration and empathy. Working with their son
Alex Frith and artist Daniel Locke they examine the way that neuroscientific research is now
focused on the fact we are a social species whose brains have evolved to work cooperatively.
What happens when people gather in groups? How do people behave when they're in pairs - either
pitted against each other or working together? Is it better to surround yourself with people
who are similar to yourself or different? And are two heads really better than one? Highly
original and ingeniously illustrated Two Heads provides an expansive understanding of how our
brains work and how they work together.
