Brain Power Puzzles — The Science of Thinking

Recognising a face, following a conversation and deciding what to do next all feel like ordinary parts of the day. Brain Power Puzzles — The Science of Thinking by Son of Lord shows how much is going on in those moments through beginner-friendly cognitive science lessons and themed word searches for adults.

Each chapter explains an aspect of human thinking with real-world examples and introduces ten scientific terms. You’ll look for those terms in a word search, then revisit the ideas behind them through the Brain Science Insight sections and chapter reviews. The format gives you a way to explore an unfamiliar subject a few ideas at a time.

The topics range from memory, learning, attention and perception to reasoning, decision-making, language, creativity and spatial thinking. See how the same activity can call on several of these processes. Following a conversation, for example, involves paying attention, understanding language and remembering what someone said a moment ago.

If you like word search books with a subject worth getting into, this volume gives you an accessible route into cognitive science. Take a chapter on your next puzzle break and discover what goes into an everyday thought.