The tale of the dueling neurosurgeons the history of the human brain as revealed by true stories of trauma, madness, and recovery
Early studies of the human brain used a simple method: wait for misfortune to strike--strokes, seizures, infectious diseases, horrendous accidents--and see how victims coped. In many cases their survival was miraculous, if puzzling. Observers were amazed by the transformations that took place when d...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Little, Brown and Company,
2014.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of 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.
