Brain games : the mind-blowing science of your amazing brain /

"QUICK: Name the most powerful and complex supercomputer ever built. Give up? Here's a hint: It's housed in your head and it's the one thing that makes you YOU. Your brain is mission control for the rest of your body and steers you through life. Not bad for something the size of...

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Main Authors: Swanson, Jennifer (Author)
Group Author: Green, Hank (writer of foreword.)
Published: National Geographic,
Publisher Address: Washington, D.C. :
Publication Dates: [2015]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: National Geographic kids
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Summary: "QUICK: Name the most powerful and complex supercomputer ever built. Give up? Here's a hint: It's housed in your head and it's the one thing that makes you YOU. Your brain is mission control for the rest of your body and steers you through life. Not bad for something the size of a softball that looks like a wrinkled grey sponge! In this fascinating, interactive book -- a companion to the National Geographic Channel hit show - kids explore the parts of the brain and how it all works, brainy news nuggets from a neuroscientist, plus fun facts and crazy challenges"--
Item Description: "Featuring challenges from the National Geographic Cannel hit: Brain Games."
Carrier Form: 112 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781426320705
1426320701
9781426320712
142632071X
9780545889872
0545889871
Index Number: QP361
CLC: R338.2-49
Call Number: R338.2-49/S972
Contents: Cruising along the cerebral superhighway -- Down memory lane -- Emotion expressway -- Decision drive -- Action avenue.