Know Thyself

Everyone has been asked a familiar question and found the answer stuck on the tip of the tongue, for instance a colleague's name you have known for years. That frustrating gap can feel like a malfunction, but it is in fact a sign of one of the mind's greatest powers: self-awareness. Stephen M. Fleming shows how that capacity shapes the way we think, remember and experience the world.

Drawing on psychology and neuroscience, the book explains how self-awareness works and how it is involved in teaching and learning, as well as in everyday judgements such as imagining how we would respond in a crisis. It also offers ways to improve our ability to know our own strengths and weaknesses.

Edition note: published by Basic Books in 2021, 304 pages. ISBN-13 9781541672840.