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The Human Brain Coloring Book: A Coloring Book – An Interactive Guide to Neuroanatomy for Medical Students and Professionals

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The Human Brain Coloring Book provides a means of learning about the structure and function of the human brain through a process of coloring-by-directions. It was developed by internationally recognized neuroscientists and teachers Marian C. Diamond and Arnold B. Scheibel in association with highly acclaimed teacher and anatomist Lawrence M. Elson, creator of Coloring Concepts. This coloring book is designed for a wide range of informal learners, students of psychology and the biological sciences, medical, dental, nursing, and other health professional students, and students and workers in the neurosciences. The unique, highly developed coloring process makes this book an effective learning device for such a diverse audience. The material included here represents the state-of-the-art knowledge about the brain and how it works. Each plate of illustrations has been carefully designed to yield maximum information when colored. The accompanying text has been creatively integrated with the coloring process to enhance understanding and retention.

320 pages, Paperback

First published November 27, 1985

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Marian C. Diamond

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Marian C. Diamond, Ph.D., is a Professor of Anatomy at the University of California at Berkeley. She teaches general human anatomy and neutoanatomy and has conducted numerous lines of reasearch into the effect of the environment and hormones on the forebrain. Dr. Diamond is perhaps best known for her investigations into structural changes in the cerebral cortex induced by an enriched environment and structural lateralization of the cortex as influenced by sex steroid hormones.

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7 reviews1 follower
April 18, 2013
This is my desk reference and was the human anatomy class reference bok in my graduate Neuroscience program.
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309 reviews49 followers
January 23, 2009
Exactly what it promises. Minimal background or explanation of the functions of brain structures. This book is a tool to help familiarize you with brain structures by identifying and coloring them one page at a time. Probably best used as a secondary text to "flesh out" a neuroanatomy course. Very detailed.
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2 reviews1 follower
September 21, 2017
Right... to briefly some this up: I've never ever had a book telling me how to colour in before.

This is a very detail 'colouring' book and i thoroughly enjoyed slowly reading each of the descriptions for each segments of the brain, spinal cord and so on. I would say that this may not be the most suitable book for everyone, but for a recent psychology graduate it was perfect to deepen my understandings of the human brain.
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86 reviews1 follower
July 21, 2024
Incredibly detailed.
I work in the business of Deep Brain Stimulation therapy. Hence, the parts of the brain that encompass this therapy are never located in any basic book on human physiology/anatomy or books that focus on the nervous system. I am referencing the dozens of nuclei that encompass the midbrain, thalamus, and basal ganglia as well as some newly discovered white matter tracts. We are provided with beautiful illistrations from different perspectives: sagital, coronal, and axial.
Additionally, I appreciate the short and insightful commentary provided on every page, next to the coloring portions.
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152 reviews1 follower
March 17, 2009
An excellent resource for those first learning brain structures and systems. Use it and you'll find it works.
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117 reviews26 followers
September 4, 2016
Useful as a supplement. Nota bene: you will need a lot of different colors for structure minutiae. I ended up dropping some serious cash on the supersized selection of colored pencils.
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