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  • Neuroscience for Dummies, 2nd Edition

  • By: Frank Amthor
  • Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
  • Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (36 ratings)

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By: Frank Amthor
Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
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Investigating how your senses work, how you move, and how you think and feel, Neuroscience for Dummies, 2nd Edition is your straightforward guide to the most complicated structure known in the universe: the brain. Covering the most recent scientific discoveries and complemented with engaging anecdotes that help bring the information to life, this updated edition offers a compelling and plain-English look at how the brain and nervous system function.

Simply put, the human brain is an endlessly fascinating subject: It holds the secrets to your personality, use of language, memories, and the way your body operates. In just the past few years alone, exciting new technologies and an explosion of knowledge have transformed the field of neuroscience - and this friendly guide is here to serve as your roadmap to the latest findings and research. Packed with new content on genetics and epigenetics and increased coverage of hippocampus and depression, this new edition of Neuroscience for Dummies is an eye-opening and fascinating book for listeners of all walks of life.

What is the biological basis of consciousness? How are mental illnesses related to changes in brain function? Find the answers to these and countless other questions in Neuroscience for Dummies, 2nd Edition.

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Loved it. I'll listen to it over and over. I would definitely recommend this.

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For Dummies and Beyond

Outstanding . Neuroscience basics covered clearly but so much more explained and explored. For Dummies yes. And students, trainees, and practicing clinicians in the wide world of health professions that neuroscience informs {medicine, nursing, psychology, psychotherapy, physical therapy, educators, and many more} Neuroscience researchers, educators, and clinicians whose speciality is entered in neuroscience could read to pick up hints how to explain their work to others.

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A great book

A wonderful book that I found to be developmental and maturative for a young man coming of age such as myself. I found great relation with the author and the material. I further highly recommend this book.

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Very informative if you can tolerate the narrator

I was pleasantly surprised that the material goes beyond skimming the surface. I studied biology and neuroscience in college many years ago and found the content to be a great refresher. I also learned a lot of new information. As for the reader, it was barely tolerable. Narrator sounded nasally, whiny, high pitched and just overall annoying.

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amazing best way to start really understanding

best way to understand the brain and how it works and neuroscience amazing just amazing

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painful narration

great book! lots of really good information. the only issue is the narrator. Chris Sorensen sounds like he's irritated with you. unnecessarily extending words and sounding irritated. if I didn't love neuroscience I would have asked for a refund.

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Difficult Narration

Some content is out of date. Third Edition would be worth waiting for. Narration is tough to listen to.

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Great content, Horrible narration.

The content is really interesting and complete. I’d recommend that wholeheartedly. However the narration is irritating beyond belief. The tone the narrater takes almost sounds mocking. I had to listen to this at 1.5x speed or faster to try and hide the tone. This is really unfortunate.

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hard to listen to

The narrator for this book makes the material sound very dry. The information is great but the voice makes it nearly impossible to listen to for an extended period of time.

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Get a new narrator

The narrator speaks with such an annoying affected voice. His tone and cadence sound like he is trying to voice a cartoon character. It's so distracting and awful. Too bad because the content is great.

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