localization of functions

"Are you a list maker or a doodler? Do you identify more with your logical left brain or your creative right brain? Discover how you use both sides of your brain with fun quizzes, fascinating facts, and more!".

Former title: Sinister people. Examines various aspects of being left-handed, from its causes and historical attitudes toward it, to current scientific theories about it.

Inventor and theorist Ray Kurzweil describes his new theory of how the thinking part of the brain works.

Examines the newest brain imaging technology and how it has expanded the scientific knowledge of the human brain.

Offers advice on how to diagnose Attention Deficit Disorder; discusses the strengths that often accompany the learning disorder; and describes teaching tools that may be effective in helping ADD children realize their potential.

Scientists are only now beginning to understand the most complex machine in the known universe--the brain. Go on a voyage of discovery into the evolutionary history of our last biological frontier. From early civilizations' attempts at neurosurgery to today's robotic laser surgery, revolutionary new techniques are finally unlocking the story of the brain. As a result, we've learned more in the last five years than in the past 100.