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Experiments, brain teasers, and optical illusions explore why we think, why we forget, how hypnosis works, and where emotions come from
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The Brain Pack is an interactive, three-dimensional tour of the ever-convoluted human brain. Egyptians and early Greeks believed that we thought with our hearts. Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, said our brain was doing all the work. Medieval scholars disagreed, claiming that we thought with our souls. When Renaissance philosopher René Descartes proclaimed, "I think, therefore I am," the world changed, and--more than 350 years later--magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography proved him right.
Packed with more information than a three-pound brain may be able to store at once, The Brain Pack leads you through basic brain anatomy, beginning with a life-sized pop-up of the inner human head. You'll also learn about emotions; the senses; consciousness; "sex in the brain" (testosterone and estrogen, puberty, aggression, and aging); intelligence and language; and memory. Hands-on features such as the Primary Emotions Wheel, pull-out flaps, and pop-up charts are entertaining, as are the fact-or-fiction games, memory exercises, IQ tests, and pull-out pamphlets. In a tray in the back of the book, you'll find a 15-minute audiocassette tour of the brain and a deck of cards that test your psychic abilities. Anyone who has ever marveled at the complexity of the human brain will revel in this entertaining, educational book.
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The Brain Pack: an Interactive, Three-Dimensional Exploration of the Mysteries of the Mind
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Square quarto in pictorial, paper-covered boards. Contains pop-ups and interactive materials including booklets, audio cassette, memory cards, etc. Color illustrations. Condition: this is an unused copy with the cassette and other items still sealed in their plastic pouches. As new. Seller Inventory # 500284
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Hard cover. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. Audience: Children/juvenile. Very good. Cassette and all extra materials included. All pop-ups in excellent working order. Seller Inventory # Alibris.0008277
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The brain pack : an interactive, three-dimensional exploration of the mysteries of the mind
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First Edition. Numbered volume from the Megan and Michael Dawson collection of pop-up books. Near fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains remarkably well-preserved overall. Physical Description; 1 volume (unpaged ; some folded, some with pop-up cutouts) : color illustrations ; 29 cm + 1 audiocassette + assorted removable pieces. Notes; Cover title. Design and paper engineering by Mark Hiner, Corina Fletcher, and Ron Van der Meer ; illustrations by Paul Crompton ; computer graphics/art by Tim Forster and Tim Dyer ; audiocassette Alain Presencer. Consists of pop-up, pull-out, and press-out sections on folded pages; back cover has pockets containing 1 analog sound cassette, 1 reference booklet, and 1 packet of assorted puzzles. Contents; The brain. Emotions. The senses. Consciousness. Sex in the brain. Intelligence. Memory. Subjects; Brain. Brain Juvenile literature. Juvenile works. Pop-up books. Pop-up books Specimens. Specimens. Toy and movable books. Toy and movable books Specimens. movable books. 3 Kg. Seller Inventory # 463942
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First Edition. Numbered volume from the Megan and Michael Dawson collection of pop-up books. Near fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains remarkably well-preserved overall. Physical Description; 1 volume (unpaged ; some folded, some with pop-up cutouts) : color illustrations ; 29 cm + 1 audiocassette + assorted removable pieces. Notes; Cover title. Design and paper engineering by Mark Hiner, Corina Fletcher, and Ron Van der Meer ; illustrations by Paul Crompton ; computer graphics/art by Tim Forster and Tim Dyer ; audiocassette Alain Presencer. Consists of pop-up, pull-out, and press-out sections on folded pages; back cover has pockets containing 1 analog sound cassette, 1 reference booklet, and 1 packet of assorted puzzles. Contents; The brain. Emotions. The senses. Consciousness. Sex in the brain. Intelligence. Memory. Subjects; Brain. Brain Juvenile literature. Juvenile works. Pop-up books. Pop-up books Specimens. Specimens. Toy and movable books. Toy and movable books Specimens. movable books. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 463942
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