Brain Games: Experiments

Brain Games: Experiments

by Anna Claybourne
Brain Games: Experiments

Brain Games: Experiments

by Anna Claybourne

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Overview

Trick your senses and test your noodling skills with mind-blowing experiments in this fascinating, kid-friendly book based on the hit National Geographic TV show Brain Games!


Can you outsmart your brilliant brain? You may be surprised by what it can—and can’t—do. In this awesome interactive book you’ll discover what makes your mind tick. Explore the secrets behind smell, taste, touch, and vision. Find out how to trick your friends into thinking they taste something they don’t. Then turn the tables as you try to outsmart your own brain. Put your own mental powers to the test with tricky quizzes, optical illusions, and more. Learn about phantom sensations as you make your brain think your nose is six feet long! Each kid-friendly experiment is paired with step-by-step instructions, vibrant photography, and intriguing explanations of the neuroscience at work.


Mind-blowing topics include:
* Senses: Test your powers of sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing.
* Brain and Body: Explore how your mind knows where your body is, how to play brain games with your friends, and secrets behind superhero super poses.
* Thinking: Challenge your memory, strength of the hive mind, puzzle power, mind-reading abilities, and concentration.
* Reactions: Put your reflexes to work to catch, dodge, check snap judgments, and more.


Perfect for fans of National Geographic Channel’s award-winning Brain Games series who want to get in on the fun at home!


Complete your collection with these National Geographic Kids books:
Brain Games: The Mind-Blowing Science of Your Amazing Brain
Brain Games: Big Book of Boredom Busters
Brain Games: Colossal Book of Cranium-Crushers
Brain Games: Mighty Book of Mind Benders
Dog Science Unleashed: Fun Activities to Do With Your Canine Companion
Cat Science Unleashed: Fun Activities to Do With Your Feline Friend
Edible Science: Experiments You Can Eat

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781426372537
Publisher: Disney Publishing Group
Publication date: 05/03/2022
Pages: 96
Product dimensions: 8.75(w) x 11.14(h) x 0.48(d)
Age Range: 8 - 12 Years

About the Author

ANNA CLAYBOURNE is a children’s book author based in Edinburgh, UK. She writes information books about science and science experiments, nature and wildlife, arts and crafts, Shakespeare, and many other topics, as well as rhyming picture books and retellings of myths and legends. She’s currently written over 280 books. Find her online on Twitter (@TheClayborg) and her website (annaclaybourne.co.uk).

Table of Contents

You and Your Brain 6

Meet Your Brain! 8

Inside the Brain 10

How to Use This Book 12

Chapter 1 Brain and Senses

How Does Your Brain Take In Sense Information? 16

In Perspective 18

Making it Up 20

Side Dye 22

It Tastes Pink! 24

The Real Rubber Hand 26

Math Genius! 28

Make Smells Disappear! 30

Chapter 2 Brain and Body

How the Brain Keeps Track Of and Controls the Body 34

Weird Water 36

Older vs. Younger 38

Where Am I? 40

Power Stance! 42

Through the Floor 44

Crossover Confusion 46

Pinccchio's Nose 48

Mind Control 50

Chapter 3 Thinking

How Does Your Brain Think? 54

Color Confusion 56

Remember the Number! 58

Memory Story 60

Hive Mina 62

You Can Do It! 64

Be a Mind Reader 66

Mirror Maze 68

What Does It Look Like? 70

Chapter 4 Reactions

Hang On … What Just Happened? 74

Catch It If You Can 76

Baffling Boxes 78

Stress Test! 80

Time Testers 82

Don't Blink! 84

Swing it! 86

Freaky Faces 88

Glossary 90

Index 92

More Resources 94

Photo Credits 94

Acknowledgments 95

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