Cortex (2008)

Clinical psychologists and neuropsychologists are traditionally taught that cognition is mediated by the cortex and that subcortical brain regions mediate the coordination of movement.

Berlitz and earworms have joined forces to launch a revolutionary new language learning audio programme. It involves a unique musical method that plants more than 200 essential French words and phrases into your long-term memory, via rhythmic repetitions and carefully composed melodies, so you learn the language just by listening!

Meet the inhabitants of the brain in this reader-friendly introduction to what it is and how it works. Residents include Frederick Foresight (the frontal cortex), Mayor of Cephalton-upon-Ridge, who is the 'big picture' person responsible for planning and decision-making; Sage Seahorse (the hippocampus), who has an astonishing memory for times, names and places; Annie Almond (the amygdala), the community's alarm system who is always on the alert; and, many other fellow citizens.