Exploring the Human Brain

by Catherine Loveday

Weighing only about three pounds, the human brain is a remarkable organ responsible for all thought and identity as well as the regulation of the rest of the body. In this comprehensive, engaging book, students will gain an appreciation for all of the ways that the brain makes everyday life possible. Memory, consciousness, perception, emotion, and other complex functions are explained in depth with simple text and helpful illustrations, diagrams, and infographics.

192 pages, Library Binding

Published December 30, 2018

About the author

Dr Catherine Loveday is a principal lecturer on the BSc Cognitive Neuroscience and MSc Cognitive Rehabilitation programmes at the University of Westminster. She has published papers on topics including the relationship between stress hormones and attachment in adolescence, and has a long-term fascination with music in the brain, having carried out a number of studies looking at the cognitive and neuronal aspects of music processing. Much of her research is focussed on the neuropsychology of autobiographical memory and she has worked for many years with people who have amnesia and dementia. Catherine is an active member of the British Psychological Society, as a member of the editorial committee of The Psychologist and a member of the Research Board. She has a passion for public engagement with science, is regularly invited to give public lectures and has appeared as an expert psychologist on a number of television and radio shows.