Understanding Your Brain (Usborne Understanding Science S.) - Softcover

Treays, Rebecca

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0746020147 ISBN 13: 9780746020142

Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd, 1995

Synopsis

Aimed at 10-13 year olds, this book will inform anyone interested in the intriguing world of the mind. "The Brain" lifts the lid on what goes on inside the human head. Using cartoon illustrations and clear diagrams, it unravels the complexities of the biological and psychological workings of the brain. Memory, the unconscious, optical illusions, dreams and the strange world of ESP are all explored and different theories of how the brain functions are examined. The quizzes and tests which appear throughout the book allow readers to study the workings of their own brains, while some rather bizarre anecdotes bring the subject to life.

About this title

Review:

Understanding Your Brain will help you teach your children about how their brains work and what happens when things go wrong. It ties in with the National Curriculum Key Stage Two Science, and will help support home learning on life processes and living things. Suitable for ages 10 and above. --Amanda York

Contents:

• Introduction
• Brain Parts
• What's Inside?
• Baby Brains
• Intelligence
• Eyesight
• Memory
• Remembering
• Staying the Same
• Consciousness
• Mental Illness
• Drugs
• Out of this World?
• Animal Brains
• Computer Brains
• Brains in History
• Index

About this edition

• Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0746020147
• ISBN 13: 9780746020142
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32