The Human Brain Book: An Illustrated Guide to Its Structure, Function, and Disorders

My high school students (nontraditional learners) cannot keep their hands off of this book. It's perfect. It is so visual!! It covers so many topics and creates interest by mixing the "past" and the "future" of the brain. I HIGHLY recommend it. It's amazing. Rita Carter has always put out great visually-appealing books that help us understand a lot more quickly!

First, I have to admit to being a bit of a brain 'geek' these last few years as the information stemming from neuroscience continues to amaze. Depending on your needs, this book is a tremendous volume. Rita Carter (author of the excellent Mapping the Mind) provides an in-depth buffet of the history and findings about how our brains work, replete with full page MRI's and the like. THe book is laid out so that every two pages is a stand alone section which adheres to the usual layouts of books published by English publisher DK books. Each section is intersting, and often fascinating. If, however, you are looking for material recommending ways to utilize neuroscience for achievement (Eric Jensen, Jeffrey Schwartz, The Snaps Project, Norman Dodge, Sharon Begley, )or healing (My Stroke of Insight)you probably should look elsewhere. But, if you're like me, you'll get many enjoyable hours out of this book and its accompanying DVD)

This book is absolutely amazing! The DVD has great anatomical views and good information about the nervous system as a whole. The pictures in the book are gorgeous, the information is extensive, it is everything you could ever want out of a book on the human brain. I couldn't be happier with it!!!

I almost never pre-order a book, wanting to see the product before shelling out money, but in this case I bet on my enjoyment of Rita Carter's other books and I was NOT disappointed. Well-laid out with spectacular illustrations, Carter's new The Human Brain, is a wonderful addition to an extremely complicated and rapidly progressing field. While not detailed enough to use as an advanced textbook, I've already asked our library to order a few copies for the shelf and for the reserve desk so my students can benefit from an nicely integrated presentation of anatomy, physiology and other basic sciences with clinical disorders.