Brain twisters
By: Clive Gifford ; consultant, Anil Seth
Contributors: Seth, Anil K., consultant
Publisher: Ivy Kids
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Lewes, East Sussex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781782402046
Subjects: Thought and thinking; Juvenile literature; Affect (Psychology); Brain; Popular works
Description: Trick your senses and baffle your brain with this crazy book of mind tricks and neuroscience information. You can find out how magicians make use of inattentional blindness when doing magic tricks, and why you miss details that are hidden in plain sight. You can discover why your memory isn't as good as you think, and how it is possible to remember things that never actually happened. This astonishing science book presents a wide range of brain games and mind tricks, and explains how these reveal the working processes of the brain. It will engage and entertain, and leave you wondering: do you really know your own mind?
Notes: Includes index.