How the Brain Works The Facts Visually Explained by DK (z-lib.org)

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CONTENTS First American Edition, 2020 Published in the United States by DK Publishing 1450 Broadway, Suite 801, New York, NY 100 ...

Brains Thalamus, and THE PHYSICAL BRAIN CONTENTS BRAIN FUNCTIONS ...

Emotions 106 Fear and Anger 108 Conscious Emotion 110 Reward Centers 112 Sex and Love 114 Expressions 116 Body Language 118 How ...

Brain DISORDERS THE BRAIN ...

US_002-003_Title.indd 2 20/09/2019 12: What the Brain Does The Brain in the Body Human and Animal Protecting the Brain Fueling ...

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THE PHYSICAL BRAIN What the Brain Does The physical brain At the largest scale, the human brain appears as a firm, pink-gray sol ...

10 THE PHYSICAL BRAIN What the Brain Does 11 Emotions Most theories of emotion suggest that they are preordained modes of behavi ...

Brain Spinal cord Peripheral nerves extend through torso and limbs to hands and feet Spinal nerves of peripheral system join spi ...

The autonomic nervous system The involuntary, or autonomic, system maintains the internal conditions of the body by controlling ...

THE PHYSICAL BRAIN Human and Animal Human and Animal Brains The human brain is one of the defining features of our species. Comp ...

14 THE PHYSICAL BRAIN Human and Animal Brains 1515 All mammal brains contain the same components, but they grow in different pro ...

Protecting the Brain The vital organs are safely secured in the body’s core, but because the brain sits in the head at the top o ...

16 17 The blood-brain barrier Infections from the rest of the body do not ordinarily reach the brain due to a system called the ...

THE PHYSICAL BRAIN Fueling the Brain Fueling the Brain The brain is an energy-hungry organ. Unlike other organs in the body, it ...

18 THE PHYSICAL BRAIN Fueling the Brain 19 The human brain makes up just 2 percent of the body’s total weight, but it consumes 2 ...

THE PHYSICAL BRAIN Brain Cells Brain Cells The brain and the rest of the nervous system contains a network of cells called neuro ...