Reading Space · English-Chinese Bilingual Themed Reading The Brainpower You Can't Ignore ((Suitable for High School and First-Year University Students))

Author: U.S. Kelle Publishing Company
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: The series content is selected from the popular U.S. youth-themed magazines MUSE, ODYSSEY, CALLIOPE, FACES. It extends the themes of university and high school English textbooks, making it ideal material for high school English elective courses and the best teaching resources for research-based learning. The brain controls people's emotions, appetite, sleep, heart rate, and breathing. The brain determines who you are and who you will become. The amazing brain has been metaphorically compared to many different objects and devices—from spiderwebs to clocks to telephone exchanges. Now, people like to compare it to a computer. Neurons, or "nerve cells," can be seen as tiny trees, with trunks branching into branches, and branches further branching, ending in leafy fine twigs. The "branches" of a neuron cell are synapses, and information must pass through synapses to travel between neurons. The more branching, the more synapses; the more synapses, the more information the brain can process. Imagine the human brain as a muscle. If this muscle is not used, it will atrophy and weaken. Using the brain promotes the growth and branching of dendrites. If dendrites are not used, they will wither.