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. 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. It moves on to function, explaining how the brain works constantly and unnoticed to regulate heartbeat and breathing, and how it collects information to produce the experiences of sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.

The Maker Mind newsletter is packed with mindful productivity strategies to be more productive and creative without sacrificing your mental health. Aiken covers the impact of technology on children, teens, and our privacy, and explains how addictive behaviors can form online. This book explores the "mechanics" of the mind, re-examines memory, intellience and personality, and studies the nature of consciousness.He worked for a year in industry designing advanced neural electrodes before cofounding Backyard Brains. 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. Delve into the intricacies of the human mind with this engaging and insightful guide to how the brain works. Một điều quan trọng nữa là bởi vì cuốn sách này khá nặng về thông tin (mặc dù chúng đã được minh hoạ và thể hiện rất dễ hiểu) nhưng bạn vẫn cần một tinh thần thực sự tò mò và hứng thú đến cấu trúc não bộ, cách các bộ phận não bộ hoạt động, cách trí nhớ và cảm xúc vận hành … nói rộng ra là quan tâm đến sinh học và sức khoẻ thì mình nghĩ sẽ có trải nghiệm đọc tốt hơn.

It’s the center of the nervous system – the headquarters of our body – and it’s responsible for pretty much everything. Have your friend sit at a table with their dominant hand exposed over the edge, and have them make a pinching hold with their fingers.

Using simple classroom rulers and a clever technique, readers can determine how long it takes the brain to make decisions. I’m giving it 4 stars because I think it could have been presented in a simpler way by providing more illustrations or a cheat sheet. It is a super interesting and informative book that is simple and easy to understand on how our brain functions.

We are in the midst of Brain Awareness Week, dedicated to celebrating this most complex organ in the human body.We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Grab a hold of the ruler by pinching it on the short side near the 30 cm mark and hold it upright such that the 0 cm end is just between your friend’s fingers.