How the Brain Works

Hardback

1,360 EGP

Drawing on the latest neuroscience research, this visual guide makes the hidden workings of the human brain simple to understand.

How the Brain Works begins with an introduction to the brain's anatomy, showing you how to tell your motor cortex from your mirror neurons.

It moves on to function, explaining how the brain works constantly and unnoticed to regulate heartbeat and breathing, and how it collects information to produce the experiences of sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.

The chapters that follow cover memory and learning, consciousness and personality, and emotions and communication

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Description

Drawing on the latest neuroscience research, this visual guide makes the hidden workings of the human brain simple to understand.

How the Brain Works begins with an introduction to the brain's anatomy, showing you how to tell your motor cortex from your mirror neurons.

It moves on to function, explaining how the brain works constantly and unnoticed to regulate heartbeat and breathing, and how it collects information to produce the experiences of sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.

The chapters that follow cover memory and learning, consciousness and personality, and emotions and communication

Additional Information

ISBN
9780241472224
Format
Hardback
Language
English
Age
9 - 12 Years, Young Adults/Teens
Pages
223
Dimensions
20 X 24 cm
Series
How Things Work
Publisher
DK

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