The following are more or less “user-friendly” reads. All will cover the question: “What is the relation of the Brain to the Mind?”, and each will provide an introduction to the many reasons why the brain has become the “buzz” word of the decade.  Click on the red links to learn more:

Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Life

Jeff Brown and Mark Fenske The Winner’s Brain: 8 Strategies Great Minds Use to Achieve Success

Norman Doidge The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

Alvaro Fernandez and Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg The Sharp Brains Guide to Brain Fitness: 18 Interviews with Scientists, Practical Advice, and Product Reviews, to Keep Your Brain Sharp

Malcom Gladwell Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

Jonah Lehrer How We Decide

Zack Lynch The Neuro Revolution: How Brain Science Is Changing Our World

Steven Johnson Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life

John Medina Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School

Daniel Pink A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future

V.S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind

Oliver Sacks The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales

Gary Small iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind

Jill Bolte Taylor My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey

Carl Zimmer Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of the Brain–and How it Changed the World