Inconspicuously Human

Have you ever wondered about the functioning of the human brain? Not about what we study in Biology but what we study in Psychology. It is an art, agreed; maybe that’s why they included it in the Arts Programme (I don't discredit its Science Programme). I came across this book, Inconspicuously Human by Uday Singh, which discusses the functioning of the human brain for laypeople. Nevertheless, the students pursuing psychology must read this book.

The book is divided into 10 chapters which comprise the secrets to our pursuits to better living. The book involves various experiments that have been conducted by psychologists to study human behaviour and the insights on their significance from the author’s free-form perspective.

The book carries a formal style, and concerning the interests of the readers in nonfiction, this book has a few pages. One can read it in a single sitting, but it is advisable not to do so, as to digest what you read. In one of the chapters, the author discusses the impact of the food we eat, and it brought me back to Ikigai. Even though the book has explained human behaviour notably, the elucidation of a few experiments would have led to better assimilation of the knowledge, but this could have also evolved confusion in those new to the subject. The author has requested the readers to be open-minded. To fathom out the results of the experiments, one must remember that those experiments were conducted in a controlled environment, i.e., other existing factors have been considered constant here (like we do in physics/chemistry).

This book is recommended to everyone, but the students pursuing psychology will find it more interesting.