Why Do I Get Butterflies In My Stomach? (biological Answers To Life’s Key Questions)

By (author) Ken Okona-Mensah
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Through everyday questions, expert science writer Ken Okona-Mensah reveals how your choices, emotions, and behaviours are shaped - often without your awareness - by complex biological systems.
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What''s the best way to study (according to neuroscience)? Can you trust your gut instincts? What is love - and is it all in your head?

In this eye-opening exploration of the body''s hidden intelligence, expert science writer Ken Okona-Mensah reveals how your everyday choices, emotions, and behaviours are shaped - often without your awareness - by complex biological systems. From the microbes in your gut, to the rhythms of your heart, Why Do I Get Butterflies In My Stomach? uncovers the unconscious biology driving everything from trust and attraction to disease, stress, and decision-making.

Packed with strange-but-true facts, evolutionary oddities, and plenty of ''ohhh, so that''s why'' moments, this book reveals that biology isn''t just something you learned in school - it''s the hidden force behind why the countryside heals, who you love, the friends you choose, and so much more.

Biographical note:
Ken Okona-Mensah is a freelance science writer and author of Cracking Anatomy, who has many years of experience in academia and writing about health-based topics. With a background in pharmacology and toxicology, research and science communication, he previously worked as a scientific writer for Imperial College London where he produced technical and lay reviews for scientific advisory committees of Public Health England. He also sat on the editorial committee for People & Science magazine and contributed content relating to public engagement with science and health.