Michael O'Shea is Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Sussex, Director of the Sussex Centre for Neuroscience, and Co-Director of the Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics.

'O'Shea writes with real enthusiasm.'

This text provides an accessible introduction to the main issues and findings in brain research, and addresses questions about the relationship between the brain and thoughts, memories, perceptions and actions.

1. Mind and brain: what's the problem?

2. Let's get physical

3. Sight, sound, and imagination

4. "Last week's potatoes!"

5. Perception to action

6. Altered states of mind

7. Where do we go from here?