The Human Mind by Robert Winston (Bantam Press/ Transworld Publishers)

Winston tells us how our senses, emotions, personality, feelings and intelligence are the result of a ballet of genes and environment that shapes the path of our lives. He explains how memories are formed and lost, how the ever-changing brain is responsible for toddler tantrums, teenage angst, the battle of the sexes, the insights gained from Shakespeare, Pirandello and Larkin; and the truth behind extra-sensory perception, déjà vu and out-of-body experiences.