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  • Neuroscience for Dummies, 2nd Edition

  • By: Frank Amthor
  • Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
  • Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
  • 3.8 out of 5 stars (10 ratings)

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Neuroscience for Dummies, 2nd Edition

By: Frank Amthor
Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
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Summary

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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could not get past chapter 3

omg i so wanted to listen to this book, but the voice of mr sorenson is for me unbearable, monotonous and so annoying :(
He managed to make a fascinating subject ever so unbearable

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Definitely not for dummies

This is a very thorough introduction to neuroscience but beware - it is very technical, and a physical copy of the book might be more useful.

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Narration awful.

Robot on helium narration voice. I has to turn him off after 2 mins!.. for my own sanity.

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  • heizenberg
  • 10-08-21

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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  • John A.
  • 24-12-22

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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  • Bridget Brown
  • 02-11-22

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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  • DPS5099
  • 28-01-22

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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  • Mike
  • 30-09-21

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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  • Kindle Customer
  • 26-02-21

Glad I bought it.

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

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  • Depreyinc
  • 13-07-19

amazing best way to start really understanding

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