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121 pp.
| Chelsea
| February, 2007
|
LibraryISBN 978-0-7910-8951-4$32.95
(4)
YA
Gray Matter series.
These books feature topics in biological and cognitive sciences as applied to brain functions and development. Brain Facts serves as an overview, while the other two volumes delve deeper into their respective areas. The dense, textbooklike writing includes detailed scientific facts, explanations, and terminology. Helpful diagrams but superfluous photographs illustrate the texts. Reading list, websites. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Gray Matter titles: Pain, Speech and Language, and Brain Facts.