The Horn Book Guide

TECHNOLOGY

Brynie, Faith

Perception

64 pp. | Blackbirch | January, 2001 | Library ISBN 1-56711-423-7 $$21.95

(3) YA Amazing Brain series. Highlighting the important difference between sensing (absorbing the world around us) and perceiving (processing and interpreting information), seven chapters cover how humans experience touch, smell, taste, vision, hearing, balance, and motion. Specific examples clarify the concept, including explanations of optical illusions and comparisons of human and animal hearing. Photos, diagrams, graphs, and text boxes add visual interest. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges