How the Brain Works: The Facts Visually Explained (How Things Work)

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Tell your friend that when they see you release the ruler, they are to pinch shut and grab it as fast as possible. While this book is quite informative, and quite good for some light reading, it is not meant to be used as an educational textbook. Simple but beautifully illustrated metaphors explain the different jobs that our brains do, and how they use brain cells to accomplish them. This illuminating book combines positive psychology, neuroscience, self-help to explain why we believe that at a certain age, w’re too old to learn new things. It provides an accessible guide to how the brain’s structures and functions determine how the mind works, and how this fits into the bigger picture of our evolution and biology as a species.

Aiken covers the impact of technology on children, teens, and our privacy, and explains how addictive behaviors can form online. Most of the book, though, were theories on controversial subjects, such as the purpose of emotion, if the IQ of the human population is indeed declining, and the differences between male and female brains, with experiment results that were contradictory and in the end, rather inconclusive. You can watch as pictures travel through your eyes and into your mind, find out how you choose the perfect ice cream, and take a spin (or three) on the sleep machine. I would definitely recommend this book for anyone who is interested in the brain but doesn't want to be overloaded by too many technical details.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

That might seem impossible, but science has advanced so much that we now understand not just its structures and inner workings but also how it can give rise to perception, consciousness, emotions, memories, intelligence, sleep and more. How the Brain Works: The Facts Visually Explained is a pictorial explanation of how the most important organ in the body operates all the systems that keeps people alive.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. From the mechanics to the psychological each topic weaves its way into an overall picture of just how complex and amazing this mass of gray matter that sits on top of us is. 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. Nevertheless, I still would recommend it for people who are new to the subject and want to start with a good book.

Even though this book claimed to help its readers learn about how our brains work, much of the science of how brains work, such as the different parts and the process of signal transduction, only occupy around 20 percent of the book. This book allows anyone to participate in the discovery of neuroscience through hands-on experiments that record the hidden electrical world beneath our skin and skulls.By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Armed with some DIY electrodes, readers will get to see what brain activity really looks like through simple neuroscience experiments. From the strange ways to distort what we think of as 'reality' to the brain hacks that can improve memory, The Brain takes you on a journey through intelligence, memory, creativity, the unconscious and beyond to help you understand your brain - and show you what it's truly capable of.