Gary Wenk: 3 books
Your Brain on Food:How Chemicals Control Your Thoughts and Feelings
How Chemicals Control Your Thoughts and Feelings
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Why is eating chocolate so pleasurable? Can the function of just one small group of chemicals really determine whether you are happy or sad? Does marijuana help to improve your memory in old age? Is it really best to drink coffee if you want to wake up and be alert? Why is a drug like PCP potentially...
Your Brain on Food
How Chemicals Control Your Thoughts and Feelings
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
In Your Brain on Food, Dr. Gary Wenk expands his discussion of the effects of specific foods on the brain in a completely updated second edition. From investigations into the benefits and risks of supplements, to the action of gluten in the brain and marijuana's potential for pain relief, Dr. Wenk...
The Brain
What Everyone Needs To Know®
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
What is the principle purpose of a brain? A simple question, but the answer has taken millennia for us to begin to understand. So critical for our everyday existence, the brain still remains somewhat of a mystery. Gary L. Wenk takes us on a tour of what we do know about this enigmatic organ, showing...