It’s just how the brain works – at least according to Dean Burnett, a neuroscientist at Cardiff University in Wales. “The brain just doesn’t like randomness and uncertainty; it will do everything it can to rule that out,” says Burnett. “You’ve got these two bits of the brain – one really old, one really new,” he says. The book goes into considerable detail on a variety of subjects, but here are five things the brain does that Burnett finds equally amusing and perplexing. Related“I think it’s a healthier approach, to (admit) that the brain isn’t perfect,” says Burnett.

Source: National Post July 12, 2016 17:15 UTC