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129 pp.
| Chelsea
| August, 2007
|
LibraryISBN 978-0-7910-9415-0$32.95
(4)
YA
Gray Matter series.
These books exhaustively explore the sciences of the brain. Most include an overview of the nervous system along with biological and psychological content; New Techniques focuses on scientific methods of studying the brain, and Teen Brain gives an overview of physical and emotional changes in adolescence. Color diagrams and photographs (many superfluous) help explain the dense, textbooklike writing. Reading list, websites. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Gray Matter titles: Brain Development, New Techniques for Examining the Brain, Emotion and Stress, Sensation and Perception, The Teen Brain, and Biofeedback.