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Can you sing the Alphabet Song all the way through, from A to Z? Of course you can! Now, can you sing it backward without singing it forward in your head first? Now stand on one foot and count to 20. Easy? Now do it again with your eyes closed. Not so easy!
Brain Games is based on the National Geographic Channel hit of the same name, and the book, like the television show, is filled with information about all the fascinating things that happen in the brain, and why. Each full-page spread describes a challenge, like singing the Alphabet Song backward, or standing on one foot with your eyes closed and explains the how, why, and exactly what is going on in which part of the brain as we decide, react, observe, and use
“the most powerful and complex supercomputer ever built.” I learned a lot from this fascinating book filled with games, brain maps, websites, and a great glossary and index.
Brain Games: The Mind-Blowing Science of Your Amazing Brain by Jennifer Swanson (National Geographic Society, 2015.) Ages 6 – adult.
From the time he was a tiny child, Isaac Newton was a ...