Written by John Woodward
Consultants Dr. David Hardman and Phil Chambers
Illustrated by Serge Seidlitz and Andy Smith
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| How to Be a Genius: Your Brain and How to Train It |
The brain is the most astonishing part
of your body. Its billions of cells control
everything you think and do, including
your actions, senses, emotions,
memory, and language. The more
you use it, the better it works.
This book is all about how to
get your brain cells buzzing and,
maybe, become a genius.
Perfect pair
This puzzle tests your
spatial awareness—your
sense of space. Which two
pieces on the far right will
fit together to create this
hexagon shape?
Thinking
Your brain is always solving
problems by connecting
different ideas—even when
they are not part of your own
experience. Only humans
can do this.
Memory
Every event or fact that
grabs your attention may be
stored in your memory—an
amazingly efficient library of
information that never runs
out of space.
Language
Your brain gives you the
ability to communicate and
understand complex ideas
using speech. You can also
learn by reading words that
were written long ago.
Movement
Your brain triggers and
organizes your movements,
so your actions are smooth
and efficient. Most of this
happens without you
thinking about it.
Feel lost?
Life is full of puzzling
problems—such as how
to get to the middle of
this tricky maze. It’s your
a-maze-ing brain that
helps you find the
answers.
This puzzle tests your
spatial awareness—your
sense of space. Which two
pieces on the far right will
fit together to create this
hexagon shape?
Thinking
Your brain is always solving
problems by connecting
different ideas—even when
they are not part of your own
experience. Only humans
can do this.
Memory
Every event or fact that
grabs your attention may be
stored in your memory—an
amazingly efficient library of
information that never runs
out of space.
Language
Your brain gives you the
ability to communicate and
understand complex ideas
using speech. You can also
learn by reading words that
were written long ago.
Movement
Your brain triggers and
organizes your movements,
so your actions are smooth
and efficient. Most of this
happens without you
thinking about it.
Feel lost?
Life is full of puzzling
problems—such as how
to get to the middle of
this tricky maze. It’s your
a-maze-ing brain that
helps you find the
answers.
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Product details
Price
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File Size
| 82,665 KB |
Pages
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193 p |
File Type
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PDF format |
ISBN
| 978-0-7566-5515-0 |
Copyright
| 2009 Darling Kinderslay Limited |
Contents
6 Your amazing brain
MEET YOUR BRAIN
10 Mapping the brain
12 Left brain, right brain
14 Taking sides
16 Nerves and neurons
18 Brain waves
20 What is a genius?
COME TO YOUR SENSES
24 Brain and eyes
26 Tricky pictures
28 How you see
30 Simple illusions
32 Impossible illusions
34 How you hear
36 Sounds like?
38 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
40 Taste and smell
42 Sensitive senses
44 How you feel and touch
46 Touch and tell
48 Tricking the mind
50 Magic tricks
52 Sensing your body
54 Body illusions
56 Intuition
HOW MEMORY WORKS
60 How you think
62 What is memory?
64 Improve your memory
66 Do you remember?
68 Paying attention
70 Making associations
72 Albert Einstein
PROBLEM SOLVING
76 How you learn
78 Mastering mazes
80 Puzzling patterns
82 Intelligence types
84 George Washington Carver
86 Logic
88 Illogical thinking
90 Brainteasers
92 Thinking inside the box
94 Mathematical thinking
96 Think of a number
98 The magic of math
100 Spatial awareness
102 Seeing in 2-D
104 Thinking in 3-D
106 Invention
108 Wernher von Braun
A WAY WITH WORDS
112 Learning to speak
114 Having a word
116 Using language
118 Words aloud
120 Reading and writing
122 Jean Franςois Champollion
THE CREATIVE MIND
126 What is creativity?
128 Are you a creative spark?
130 Boost your creativity
132 Creative exercises
134 Leonardo da Vinci
YOUR BRAIN AND YOU
138 Sense of self
140 Personality types
142 What about you?
144 What makes you tick?
146 Mary Anning
148 The unconscious
150 Dreams
152 Emotions
154 Mahatma Gandhi
156 Fear
158 Reading emotions
160 Body talk
162 Good and bad habits
164 Winning and losing
THE EVOLVING BRAIN
168 How we got our brains
170 Charles Darwin
172 How the brain grows
174 Brain surgery
176 Animal intelligence
178 Train your pet
180 Can machines think?
182 Program your friend
184 Glossary
186 Answers
190 Index
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