Your Brain, Explained: What Neuroscience Reveals about Your Brain and its Quirks

"... A fun and informative read...I learned a lot and you will too!"--John E. Dowling, PhD, Gordon and Llura Gund Research Professor of Neurosciences, Harvard University, author, Understanding the Brain: From Cells to Behavior to Cognition "...a highly readable and accessible introduction to the operation of the brain and current issues in neuroscience...a wonderful introduction to the field."--Frank Amthor, PhD, Professor of Psychology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, author, Neuroscience for Dummies "Dingman weaves classic studies with modern research into easily digestible sections, to provide an excellent primer on the rapidly advancing field of neuroscience."--Moheb Costandi, author, Neuroplasticity and 50 Human Brain Ideas You Really Need to Know "Reading like a collection of detective stories, Your Brain, Explained combines classic cases in the history of neurology with findings stemming from the latest techniques used to probe the brain's secrets."--Stanley Finger, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Washington University (St. Louis), author, Origins of Neuroscience "An informative, accessible and engaging book for anyone who has even the slightest interest in how the brain works, but doesn't know where to begin."--Dean Burnett, PhD, author, Happy Brain and Idiot Brain