How the brain works.

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Title:

How the brain works.

Author:

DK Publishing, Inc.

Series:

How stuff works (DK).

Summary:

This book "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."-- Publisher marketing.

General Note:

Includes index.

Edition:

First American edition.

Physical Description:

223 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject Term:

Brain.

Added Corporate Author:

DK Publishing, Inc.

Publisher:

DK Publishing,

Publication Date:

2020

ISBN:

9781465489791

Publication Information:

New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2020.

Call Number:

612.82 HOW

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Summary

Are men's and women's brains really different? Why are teenagers impulsive and rebellious? And will it soon be possible to link our brains together via the Cloud?

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. Moving on to function, it explains 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.

There's also a guide to the brain's disorders, including physical problems, such as tumors and strokes, and psychological and functional disorders, ranging from autism to schizophrenia. Illustrated with bold graphics and step-by-step artworks, and sprinkled with bite-sized factoids and question-and-answer features, this is the perfect introduction to the fascinating world of the human brain.

Author Notes

Dr. Liam Drew is a neurobiologist turned writer, whose work has been published by outlets including Nature, New Scientist , The Guardian and BBC Wildlife . He is the author of I, Mammal: The Story of What Makes Us Mammals (Bloomsbury, 2017) and The Brain Book (DK, 2021). He was also a contributor to DK's How the Brain Works (2020).