You & Your Amazing Brain A Book of Brains and How They Work

A fascinating book full of insights into how the brain controls your actions, reactions and emotions in ways you've never imagined. 

Get to know the grey matter that's living in your head in this brilliant book, full of astounding facts and detailed illustrations, taking you on a complete tour of our own brains as well as brains throughout nature.

You & Your Strange Brain includes an unusual mix of surprising science, history, natural world examples, cultural amusement and astonishing stories all focused on brains, intelligence and learning in humans and other animals.

Discover why you can’t tickle yourself, why adults like foods they hated as children and how some sneaky creatures have the ability to take over the brains of other species.

Learn about the mechanics of the mind, the parts of the brain, memory, language, creativity and the role of sleep. Other topics covered include how the brain allows you to think, guess and make assumptions as well as how it copes with problem-solving, fear, stress, phobias and even optical illusions.

This truly detailed book is the complete guide into the workings of the brain, perhaps the most intricate and powerful organ in the whole natural world!

Clive Gifford has traveled to more than 70 countries, climbed rocket launch towers, ridden on robots, and flown gliders. He's had more than 200 books published and has received nominations for or won Royal Society, School Library Association, Smithsonian, and TES awards. He won the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Book with Facts 2019 for his title The Colors of History (QEB). Clive lives in Manchester, UK. 

Anne Wilson has an MA in illustration from Central St Martins College of Art, London and has been an illustrator for over 15 years. Much of her work is inspired by everyday life, pattern, color, and shape. Born on Ascension Island in the South Atlantic, Anne now lives in the much less remote town of Reading, England.

Introduction

SECTION 1: THE NAKED BRAIN 
Brain In A Box
Lobes Of Difference 
Nerve Superhighway
Mind Messengers
Making Sense
Out Of Sight
Smart Safari

SECTION 3: I’M WITH STUPID!
Guessing Games
Making Assumptions
Having A Think 
Mind Your Language 
Intelligence 
Problem-Solving 
Getting Creative
It’s Been Emotional
Managing Emotions 
Pleasure And Risk 
Fear, Stress and Phobias 
Fight Or Flight! 
Error Codes 
Brain Games

Conclusion
Author’s Note
Find Out More
Answers to Brain Games
Glossary
Index

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