
Neurosurgeon Rahul Jandial unveils brain secrets in this Sunday Times bestseller that captivated Chris Evans, who exclaimed: "You're amazing!" Discover evidence-based strategies to boost memory, control stress, and enhance creativity - separating neuroscience fact from hype in our daily lives.
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What happens when you open a living human's skull? As a brain surgeon with thousands of operations under my belt, I've experienced both the fear and thrill of holding someone's mind in my hands. The brain-with its 85 billion neurons and over 100 trillion connections-remains largely mysterious despite decades of scientific exploration. This complexity requires no exaggeration; it's already the most sophisticated structure in the known universe. From diet and creativity to sleep and technology, these insights will help you understand the remarkable organ that makes you who you are. Your brain doesn't sit directly against the skull but floats in cerebrospinal fluid-nature's shock absorber. With a texture like flan or bread pudding, the cerebral cortex (less than one-fifth inch thick) houses consciousness, language, and thought. Its surface features hills (gyri) and valleys (sulci) that maximize surface area-unfolded, it would be the size of an extra-large pizza. Each region serves specific functions. The frontal lobe handles motivation and complex decision-making, with its prefrontal cortex managing our most sophisticated functions: planning, personality, and executive control. The parietal lobe processes sensation, while the occipital lobe handles vision and the temporal lobes process sounds and speech. Beneath the cortex lie subcortical structures: the seahorse-shaped hippocampus forms new memories, the amygdala processes fear, and the hypothalamus regulates crucial hormones. Despite mapping advances, we still don't understand how consciousness emerges from physical matter.
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Creado por exalumnos de la Universidad de Columbia en San Francisco
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