Two top neuroscientists wittily dissect how childrens' brains really work
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- 2012
- 2008
"Welcome to Your Brain" is an engaging introduction and user guide to understanding how our brains function. It dispels common myths and presents recent scientific findings. The book offers practical insights on topics like managing jet lag and the differences between male and female brains, all in an accessible and entertaining style.
- 2008
Welcome to Your Brain
- 240 pages
- 9 hours of reading
You: The Owner's Manual for the brain: an expert, comprehensive, and lively guide that makes sense of all the latest scientific findings about how your brain really works. We are using our brains at practically every moment of our lives, and yet few of us have the first idea how they work. Much of what we think we know comes from folklore: that we only use 10 percent of our brain, or that drinking kills brain cells. These and other brain myths are wrong, as demonstrated by the work of neuroscientists who have spent decades studying this complex organ. However, most of what scientists have learned is not known to the world outside their laboratories.In this readable, lively book, Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang dispel common myths about the brain and provide a comprehensive, useful overview of how it really works. In its pages, you'll discover how to cope with jet lag, how your brain affects your religion, and how men's and women's brains differ. With witty, accessible prose decorated by charts, trivia, quizzes, and illustrations, this book is great for quick reference or extended reading.Both practical and fun, Welcome to Your Brain is perfect whether you want to impress your friends or simply use your brain better.