The Human Brain Book By Rita Carter

“The Human Brain is the CEO of the Company called the Human Body”

The human brain is referred to as Executive System by psychologists and neuroscientists, because of its responsibility for planning, cognitive flexibility, abstract thinking, rule acquisition, initiating appropriate actions and inhibiting inappropriate actions, and selecting relevant sensory information. Undoubtedly, the brain is an amazing and precious organ; it does all the work needed in order for our body to function accordingly, hence the need to raise our curiosity about it.

The Human Brain Book is a must own family’s book because it is easily, concisely and clearly presented in a language everyone can understand. It is a colourful book with 3-D images all along. Every single aspect of the human brain is displayed from its history to the newest break through in Neuroscience, from simplicity to complexity (nerve impulse – the bionic arm/eye function). This book serves as a proof of how hard neuroscientists are working to uncover the mysteries of the human brain.

I have no words to describe how much knowledge an ordinary person can get out of this book, because it illustrates all the structures, functions and disorders of the human brain. It is truly a satiable book; it will satisfy your appetite for knowing how your brain works and breaks.

Rita Carter is a science and medical writer who contributes to many publications, including New Scientist and many newspapers. She has twice been awarded the medical Journalists’ Association prize for her outstanding contribution to medical journalism. She is the author of several books that have been published internationally, including Consciousness, Multiplicity: the new Science of Personality, and Mapping the Mind, which was shortlisted for the Rhone-Poulenc Prize [now the Royal Society Prize for Science Books]. Rita also lectures about the brain at seminars, conferences, and workshops around the world.