Books by Steve Hodgson

Understand your brain.
Unlock your potential.

Accessible insights into learning, languages, memory and the remarkable ways our minds work — written for curious people at every stage of life.

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The Learning Brain book cover

Discover how your brain learns, why some things feel difficult, and what you can do to make real progress. Sin prisa, pero sin pausa.

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From language learning to lifelong curiosity, discover practical ideas grounded in an understanding of the brain.

Original front cover of The Spanish Listening Brain

The Spanish Listening Brain

Why spoken Spanish is difficult to follow, and what helps.

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Original front cover of The Spanish Brain: Pocket Companion

The Spanish Brain: Pocket Companion

Practical brain bites, takeaways and challenges.

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Original front cover of Spanish Brain: Immersion Journal

Spanish Brain: Immersion Journal

Reflect, notice and remember more during your time in Spain.

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Original front cover of Immersion Journal: Latin America Edition

Immersion Journal: Latin America Edition

A companion for Spanish immersion across Latin America.

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The Spanish Brain

How your brain really learns Spanish. The correct Spanish-red cover will be added here once verified.

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Looking ahead

Coming soon

New explorations of the mind, alongside collected editions bringing complementary titles together.

In development

The Confidence Brain

A forthcoming exploration of confidence, how it develops and what can help it grow.

Planned combined volume · One

The Learning & Listening Brain

A planned collected volume bringing together learning and listening.

Planned combined volume · Two

The Ageing & Confidence Brain

A planned collected volume connecting ageing and confidence.

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Meet the author

Steve Hodgson

Steve Hodgson is an author and experienced Spanish-language teacher who has spent decades speaking Spanish and, since 2019, has taught hundreds of adult learners.

Through The Brain Series, he brings together practical teaching experience, accessible neuroscience and everyday observations to help readers better understand how they learn and think.

His approach is grounded in curiosity, practical progress and the belief that learning does not stop with age.