Leanne Boucher Gill, PhD, is a professor of psychology at Nova Southeastern University, where she received the Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award and was named the NSU STUEY Professor of the Year. She maintains an active research program studying how exercise affects the way we think. She lives in South Florida. Visit her on Twitter @BoucherLeanne.
Introducing a complicated and astounding natural computer. The science of the human brain and nervous system, and its myriad connections and functions, is addressed in a visually appealing format along with suggestions for experiments requiring little equipment… Gill’s conversational, mildly humorous text is comprehensible and memorable… At once entertaining and remarkably informative. * Kirkus Reviews * For those curious about why individuals can get an ice cream headache or why we can’t tickle ourselves, the Big Brain Book: How It Works and All Its Quirks offers short, informed answers. But it is more than an answer-filled reference text. The Big Brain Book asks and answers questions, bringing readers along on a journey of discovery.... a resource for individuals who are seeking information about human development and functioning, regardless of their age…The Big Brain Book offers at least a little something for just about anyone wondering why we humans do and think some of the things we do. * Psychology Teacher Network, Reviewed by Rick Shifley, PhD, Health Psychology Program in the School of Arts & Sciences at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences *