Welcome to Your Child's Brain

How the Mind Grows from Conception to College

Sandra Aamodt (Author) , Sam Wang (Author)
Welcome to Your Child's Brain cover

Welcome to Your Child's Brain

How the Mind Grows from Conception to College

Sandra Aamodt (Author) , Sam Wang (Author)

Description

How children think is one of the most enduring mysteries--and difficulties--of parenthood. The marketplace is full of gadgets and tools that claim to make your child smarter, happier, or learn languages faster, all built on the premise that manufacturers know something about your child's brain that you don't. These products are easy to sell, because good information about how children's minds really work is hard to come by.

In their new book, neuroscientists Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang separate fact from fiction about the inner workings of young minds. Martialing results from new studies and classic research, Aamodt and Wang provide the most complete answers out there on this subject. It liberates readers from superstitions and speculation, such as Freud's idea that all relationships are modeled on one's mother, or that it's not safe to eat sushi while pregnant. And it will reveal new truths about everything from how to make your baby sleep, to why we love to snuggle, to how children learn, forget, play, talk, walk, and feel.

Welcome to Your Child's Brain is eye-opening and necessary, soon to become a staple for parents and children alike.

Product details

Published Sep 20 2011
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 336
ISBN 9781608197408
Imprint Bloomsbury USA
Illustrations B&W
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

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Author

Sandra Aamodt

Sandra Aamodt is the editor in chief of Nature Neu…

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Sam Wang

Sam Wang is an associate professor of neuroscience…

Reviews

  • PRAISE FOR WELCOME TO YOUR BRAIN:

  • Welcome to Your Brain is a delightful and engaging romp through neuroscience by two of its leading lights -- a marvelous collection of facts and findings that answer the questions we all have about our own minds. If the human brain came with an owner's manual, it might well look like this.

    Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness

  • If all scientists could write like this, professional science writers would be out of a job. Welcome to Your Brain is clear, understandable, entertaining and fascinating.

    Sandra Blakeslee, author of The Body Has a Mind of Its Own

  • A terrific, surprisingly fun guide for the general reader.

    Publishers Weekly

  • A superb general overview of brain science for the non-neurobiologist...Welcome to Your Brain explains a great deal with elegance, clear prose and a welcome sophistication.

    Nature Neuroscience

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