| Edition |
Large print edition. |
| Description |
679 pages (large print) : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Thorndike Press large print nonfiction |
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Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series.
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| Note |
Originally published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2014. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 647-677). |
| Contents |
The dueling neurosurgeons -- The assassin's soup -- Wiring and rewiring -- Facing brain damage -- The brain's motor -- The laughing disease -- Sex and punishment -- The sacred disease -- "Sleights of mind" -- Honest lying -- Left, right, and center -- The man, the myth, the legend. |
| Summary |
Early studies of human brain function used a simple method: wait for misfortune to strike -- strokes, seizures, infectious diseases, lobotomies, accidents -- and observe how the victim coped. In many cases, survival was miraculous and observers could only marvel at the transformations that took place afterward. An injury to one section can leave a person unable to recognize loved ones; some brain trauma can even make you a pathological gambler, pedophile, or liar. But a few scientists realized that these injuries were an opportunity for studying brain function at its extremes. Sam Kean explains the brain's secret passageways while recounting forgotten stories of common people whose struggles, resiliency, and deep humanity made modern neuroscience possible. |
| Subject |
Brain -- Popular works.
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Brain -- Diseases -- Popular works.
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Brain -- Physiology -- Popular works.
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Neuropsychology -- History.
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Neurosciences -- History.
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Brain. (OCoLC)fst00837570
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Brain -- Diseases.
(OCoLC)fst00837607
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Brain -- Physiology.
(OCoLC)fst00837651
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Neuropsychology. (OCoLC)fst01036493
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Neurosciences. (OCoLC)fst01036509
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| Genre/Form |
Popular works. (OCoLC)fst01423846
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Large type books.
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| ISBN |
9781410471567 (hardcover) |
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141047156X (hardcover) |
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