Neuroscience for Dummies Amthor, Frank.

• covers how gender affects brain function;

• Explains what constitutes intelligence and its different levels;

• Illustrates why some people are more sensitive to pain than others;

• Offers guidance on improving your learning.

Investigating how your senses work, how you move, and how you think and feel, this book is your straight-forward guide to the most complicated structure known in the universe: the brain, covering the most recent scientific discoveries and complemented with helpful diagrams and engaging anecdotes that help bring the information to life, this update edition offers a compelling and plain-English look at how the brain and nervous systems function. Simply put, the human brain is an endlessly fascinating subject: it holds the secrets to your personality, use of language, memories, and the way your body operates. In just the past few years alone, exciting new technologies and an explosion of knowledge have transformed the field of neuroscience- and this friendly guide is here to serve as your roadmap to the latest findings and research. Packed with new content on genetics and epigenetics and increased coverage of hippo campus and depression, this new edition of the book is an eye-opening and fascinating read for readers of all walks of life.