Inside – A Guide to Discovering the Brain

Isabel Minhós Martins, Maria Manuel Pedrosa & Madalena Matoso

In Ancient times, it was believed that the organ responsible for our thoughts and emotions was the heart. Today, we know that all that we are – thoughts, emotions, decisions, ideas – takes place inside the brain, in a continuous conversation with the rest of our body. But how does a thought begin? How does the brain work? How does it remember what it learned? How does it create and invent? How does it make us a unique, one-of-a-kind person?

Developed with the support of a team of neuroscientists, philosophers and psychologists, Inside tracks the evolution of the brain right from its inception, revealing how reality, in all its wonder, is created with the help of our senses, explaining how we learn, decide and act, and how we connect to other people – other brains.

If all experiences shape our brain in some way, we hope this book helps yours to become (even more) curious, motivated and content!

For readers of all ages (from the age of 10).

Read about the making of this book on Picturebook makers blog.

Press voices

“It’s important that the reductive classification inherent to labels such as “children’s book” or “YA” doesn’t put adult readers off all books in this category, and off books like this, in particular. Useful for younger readers, they’re enchanting for older ones.” Pedro Cordeiro, Expresso newspaper

“From emotions to creativity and to the aesthetic experience, from memory to action, from interpersonal relations to the brains of animals, from facts to myths, this book of grey matter deals with it all.” Gabriela Lourenço, Visão magazine

“[Inside] is as versatile as our brains – we can read it alone or enjoy it together with others; we can read a chapter, put it aside and come back to it a week later, or we can read it hungrily, without stopping. If you’re a curious person, watch out! This book is addictive. And if you’re not, well, welcome – you’ve just joined the curiosity club!” Leer la Ciencia blog