The Brain in Minutes: 200 Key Ideas of Neuroscience Explained in an Instant (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781786485793)

The brain is considered the most complex structure in all of creation. But recent discoveries in neuroscience are now revealing the inner secrets of the brain--how it works, why it makes us who we are and what happens when it goes wrong.
The cutting-edge and comprehensive guide explains why the human brain became so clever; how it controls everything from breathing, sleeping and seeing to identity, imagination, pleasure and pain; and what will happen when the brain integrates with computes or the latest generation discoveries. Award-winning science writer Rita Carter also demystifies amnesia, multiple personalities, psychopathy, dreaming, hallucinations, addiction, autism, dyslexia, schizophrenia, dementia, and numerous other conditions of the mind.
The Brain in Minutes covers: the origin and anatomy of the brain; control of the body; mood and emotions; perception; consciousness; memory and learning; personality; intelligence and other higher functions; language; strange states of the mind; malfunctions, disease and treatments; and the future of the brain. It also includes 200 high-tech scans, images, and diagrams that detail and explain the structure and workings of the amazing human brain.

Author: Rita Carter
ISBN-10: 1786485796
ISBN-13: 9781786485793
Publisher: Quercus Books
Language: English
Published: 06/05/2018
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 5.00h x 5.00w x 1.20d