Author(s): Robert Winston
Format: Paperback
No. of Pages: 96
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Language: English
Date Published: 2014-03-03
Dimensions: 216 x 277 x 6mm
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Edition: UK ed.
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Robert Winston helps you wrap your head around how the brain works

Join Professor Robert Winston in What Goes On In My Head? and introduce your child to the most powerful, complicated computer network that exists - their brain. Make sense of the brain's mind-boggling structure and understand how it controls everything you do.

From what the different parts of the brain do and why it changes at different stages in a person's life, to why sleep is so important for us, you'll uncover the secrets of your inner world in incredible detail. Packed with amazing illustrations and fascinating facts like why bird song is similar to human speech and what makes animals yawn. Plus, fun brainteasers to test your child's memory, perception, reasoning and reactions and a personality quiz make learning about the brain exciting.

So, get your head around the brain's anatomy and learn about everything from emotions and behaviour to memory and personality and gain a fascinating insight into your brain with Robert Winston's What Goes On In My Head?