Brain

The brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals. Only a few invertebrates such as sponges, jellyfish, adult sea squirts and starfish do not have a brain; diffuse or localized nerve nets are present instead. The brain is located in the head, usually close to the primary sensory organs for such senses as vision, hearing, balance, taste, and smell. The brain is the most complex organ in a vertebrate's body. ...more

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Lists

Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness by Patrick House

How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan

About the most complicated thing in the universe

241 books — 41 voters

Curious George Goes to the Hospital by Margret Rey

Clifford Visits the Hospital (Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell

Paddington Goes to Hospital by Michael Bond

Going to the Hospital by Stephen Cartwright

Children's Picture Books with Hospitals, Doctors and Medical Topics (Pediatric Health)

278 books — 13 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

The Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul Ola

Sciency Books For Every Curious Mind

101 books — 67 voters

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Best Mental Health Books for Teens

171 books — 170 voters

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Children of the Wandering House by Lois Wickstrom

Sentient Houses

180 books — 88 voters

The Brain that Changes Itself by Norman Doidge

The Mind & the Brain by Jeffrey M. Schwartz

Neuroplasticity

71 books — 140 voters

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Quotes Tagged “Brain”

“ Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind. ”
― Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex

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“ She has man's brain--a brain that a man should have were he much gifted--and woman's heart. The good God fashioned her for a purpose, believe me when He made that so good combination. ...more ”
― Bram Stoker, Dracula

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