We are our brains a neurobiography of the brain from the womb to alzheimers by df swaab we are our brains is a fantastic biography of the human brain dutch physician and neuroscientist df swaab takes the readers on a tour of the brains design and functionality. Taking us through every stage in our lives from the womb to falling in love to old age dick swaab shows that we dont just have brains we are our brains about the author dick swaab is a renowned neuroscience researcher who has received international acclaim for his work on sex differences in the brain alzheimers disease and depression. Based groundbreaking new research we are our brains is a sweeping biography of the human brain from infancy to adulthood to old age renowned neuroscientist d f swaab takes us on a guided tour of the intricate inner workings that determine our potential our limitations and our desires with each chapter serving as an eye opening window on a different stage of brain development the gender differences that develop in the embryonic brain what goes on in the heads of adolescents how . Neurobiography of the brain from the womb to alzheimers we are our brains is a sweeping biography of the human brain from infancy to adulthood to old age renowned neuroscientist d f swaab takes us on a guided tour of the intricate inner workings that determine our potential our limitations a a vivid account of what makes us human . Everything we think do and refrain from doing is determined by our brain it shapes our potential our limitations and our characters in other words we dont just have brains we are our