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Have you ever wondered how it's possible to walk down a street, with your thoughts on what you're going to have for lunch? What's telling your legs to move while your mind is on other things? And how are you reading these words right now? The simple answer: it's your brain.
By answering these questions and more, Getting Your Head Around the Brain is your first stop for understanding human behaviour. It provides intriguing insight into the brain's awesome abilities, and covers fascinating topics like sensation, memory and emotion. Whether you're studying for your psychology degree, or whether you just want to learn more about human behaviour, Getting Your Head Around the Brain is a fun-and-friendly guide to this mysterious and often misunderstood organ.
Key features:
· no nonsense – it's written in language that you don't need a PhD to understand;
· eye-catching illustrations and cartoons;
· fascinating examples throughout.
Let this book guide your curiosity for the intricacies and surprises of the brain and the behaviour it produces.
By answering these questions and more, Getting Your Head Around the Brain is your first stop for understanding human behaviour. It provides intriguing insight into the brain's awesome abilities, and covers fascinating topics like sensation, memory and emotion. Whether you're studying for your psychology degree, or whether you just want to learn more about human behaviour, Getting Your Head Around the Brain is a fun-and-friendly guide to this mysterious and often misunderstood organ.
Key features:
· no nonsense – it's written in language that you don't need a PhD to understand;
· eye-catching illustrations and cartoons;
· fascinating examples throughout.
Let this book guide your curiosity for the intricacies and surprises of the brain and the behaviour it produces.
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'Dr Amanda Ellison has pulled off an amazing feat. This book explains the structure and function of our brain in such a way that neuroanatomy and neurophysiology become not only easy to understand but also fun to read about!' - Dr Erik Corthout, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
'Amanda Ellison has written a delicious book. Savour it with a small spoon or gulp it straight from the source. Hard science made easier; serious stuff made fun; insane and beautiful cartoons. Love it.' - Professor Vincent Walsh, University College London, UK
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'Amanda Ellison has written a delicious book. Savour it with a small spoon or gulp it straight from the source. Hard science made easier; serious stuff made fun; insane and beautiful cartoons. Love it.' - Professor Vincent Walsh, University College London, UK
Providing an essential student-friendly introduction, this lively and engaging book follows the BPS accredited syllabus for biological psychology
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- PublisherPalgrave
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 113728692X
- ISBN 13 9781137286925
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages176
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