Chapter 1: Introduction to the Brain and Nervous System

The human brain is the most impressive structure Mother Nature has created. In fact, it is the most complex structure in the observable universe. It is capable of producing emotion, malleable enough to dynamically modify itself, and more powerful than any computer ever created. Despite these amazing feats, it consumes only 20 watts of energy (similar to a light bulb), is extraordinarily compact, and has mystified the greatest scientists in the history of humanity…