TY - BOOK TI - How the brain works: the facts visually explained SN - 9780241403372 AV - QP376 PY - 2020/// CY - London PB - Dorling Kindersley Limited KW - Brain KW - Popular works KW - Neuropsychology KW - Health and Wellbeing KW - ukslc N1 - Includes index N2 - Drawing on the latest neuroscience research, this visual guide makes the hidden workings of the human brain simple to understand. It begins with an introduction to the brain's anatomy, showing you how to tell your motor cortex from your mirror neurons. It moves on to function, explaining how the brain works constantly and unnoticed to regulate heartbeat and breathing, and how it collects information to produce the experiences of sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. The chapters that follow cover memory and learning, consciousness and personality, and emotions and communication. There's also a guide to the brain's disorders, including physical problems, such as tumours and strokes, and psychological and functional disorders, ranging from autism to schizophrenia ER -