True or False?: The Science of Perception, Misinformation, and Disinformation

Our brains are kind of crazy. They filter out certain things, like small details, but won’t let go of others. What makes us remember certain details and not others? How do we know what is true and what is misinformation? If our brains retain false information, how can we know what is true? That’s the main question being answered in this book, //True or False? The Science of Perception, Misinformation, and Disinformation// by Jacqueline B. Toner.

I like knowing how my brain works. So I really enjoyed this book. I liked how the author put “you” in the story, so “you” as the reader are right in the middle of the story. You get a firsthand view of how our brains take in information, process it, and, well, work! I also liked learning about different experiments people have done to understand the brain, like the piano stairs experiment (search for it online!). There is so much information in the world and I like knowing how my brain takes it all in and why I think what I think.