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Reviewed by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Sunday, February 26, 2006

THE THREE-POUND ENIGMA

The Human Brain and the Quest to Unlock Its Mysteries

By Shannon Moffett

Algonquin. 309 pp. $24.95

THE CREATING BRAIN

The Neuroscience of Genius

By Nancy C. Andreasen

Dana. 197 pp. $23.95

THE MATURE MIND

The Positive Power of the Aging Brain

By Gene D. Cohen

Basic. 232 pp. $24.95

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