Brain Bytes: Quick Answers to Quirky Questions About the Brain - Hardcover

Chudler, Eric; Johnson, Lise

 
9780393711448: Brain Bytes: Quick Answers to Quirky Questions About the Brain

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In Brain Bytes, neuroscience educators Eric Chudler and Lise Johnson ask and answer more than one hundred questions about the brain. They look at whether size matters (whether humans have the largest brains); whether foods make people smarter; whether surfing online kill brain cells; why we dream; why cats like catnip; why we yawn; and why yawns are contagious, as well as how we can keep our brains healthy.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Eric H. Chudler, PhD, is the executive director of the Center for Neurotechnology and a neuroscientist at the University of Washington. He hosts the popular Web site Neuroscience for Kids and lives in Seattle, Washington.

Lise Johnson, PhD, is a biomedical engineer, educator, and writer from Centennial, Colorado. She is currently the director of Basic Science Curriculum and Assistant Professor of Physician Assistant Studies at Rocky Vista University, and is co-author, with Eric Chudler, of Brain Bytes: Quick Answers to Quirky Questions about the Brain.

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