The Human Brain: A Guided Tour (SCIENCE MASTERS) by Amazon.co.uk

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In the two decades since The Quantum Age, scientific research on the human brain has undergone breathtaking progress, resulting in the establishment of new technologies that have made it possible to explore every cubic millimetre of neural tissue and record their responses in exquisite detail. With clarity and simplicity, Susan Greenfield surveys the many regions and functions of the brain, examining how each component contributes to the complex system that drives our thoughts, feelings and actions. She then explores the other direction, unraveling how certain organs, such as the eyes or the liver, communicate with the nervous system and influence the development of personality. The book ends with an accessible explanation of how our thoughts, dreams, memories, and behaviors are stored and regulated in a mysterious structure, the engram, which provides the impulses to drive speech, laughter, and the ability to do all those things that make life worthwhile.
The author\'s infectious passion for scientific discovery, informed by years of expertise in brain research, ensures an illuminating read for anyone who yearns to delve into the secrets that lay beyond our perceptions.
Baroness Susan Greenfield ... continues to contribute knowledge and perspective about science that has been a cornerstone of human existence for millions of years. This particular book will stand out as one of the greatest sources of information and entertainment available - the most comprehensive overview of neuroscience at an unequalled level of accuracy, clarity, and relevance, available.
For lovers of knowledge and seekers after understanding the nature of consciousness and what lies behind human experience ... Greenfield provides an essential resource that bridges science with practical understanding and emotional engagement. It should be a standard for the public interested in how the mind works.

The book succeeds admirably in meeting its objective - The author has effectively transported the reader into the pages of an informative science guide to the human brain. Susan Greenfield, throughout, breathes with a rare authenticity that imbues the book with accessible and relatable meaning, inspiring a deeper sense of fascination and a drive to continue learning more. - Amazon UK Reviewer.
The author succeeds in ... demystifying what we now know about the fascinating human brain and why it is essential for us all to learn its many mysteries - book review - Reading the Book of Tea reviews this Book of Interest.
Susan Greenfield has ... an exceptional talent as a writer. In the human brain: a guided tour, she brings us to ... understand the secrets held by the most complex of biological organs with breathtaking clarity - this, as much as anything, makes her a treasure among today\'s most fascinating minds - Publishers Weekly Starred Review, USA