Emotional Ignorance

Emotional Ignorance (2023) explores why we have emotions and what purpose they serve in our lives. Written from a neuroscientific perspective, it examines the evolutionary reasons behind our emotional responses and investigates how these powerful feelings shape our behaviors and decisions despite their seemingly irrational nature.

• Neuroscience enthusiasts seeking to better understand human emotion
• People processing grief or major life changes looking for scientific and personal insights
• Anyone navigating emotional connection in our digital age

Dean Burnett is a neuroscientist, scholar, and blogger who currently serves as an honorary research fellow at Cardiff University Psychology School. He has written for The Guardian and is author of international bestsellers The Idiot Brain and The Happy Brain. He writes about neuroscience online on his blog “Brain Yapping.”