Written and edited by Horstman, a Sacramento, Calif. freelance, the book is based upon the newest research and articles from Scientific American and Scientific American Mind magazines. It describes the how advances in neuroscience are bringing amazing treatments and startling predictions of what we can expect to both better and boost our brains. The book reveals what lies ahead over the next few decades and what exists now in brain treatments with biochemistry, drugs, computers, electrical treatments, stem cells, brain chips, and gene manipulation — and the legal, ethical, and moral fallout of all this change and progress.