It's Mental

Many young readers find the mind both complicated and puzzling, and it is natural to wonder how the brain manages feats like holding onto memories or telling one flavor from another. This book explores those questions through ten activities that readers can try themselves. One experiment examines whether what we see can change how food tastes, and another is a memory challenge built from everyday objects found around the house.

Each activity comes with step-by-step instructions and illustrations that make it easy to follow. Explanatory text accompanies the activities and covers key ideas about the brain's abilities, cognition, and learning.