Summary of the book The Trick of the Mind

A Trick of the Mind The book presents a bold idea: perhaps we do not see the world as it is, but as our brain shapes it into a story it invents. The brain works as a constant experimenter, predicting and testing what we see and believe. This ability grants us creativity and understanding, but sometimes makes us prisoners of our illusions and false perceptions. Author: Daniel Jun, a psychologist and neuroscientist at the University of Berkbeck in London, studies how the brain builds models of the world, others, and the self, and how these models shape our perception and decisions.