The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: A Memoir of Madness and Recovery
The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: A Memoir of Madness and Recovery by Barbara K.Lipska
English | April 5th, 2018 | ISBN: 0593078926, 0552174262 | 208 pages | True EPUB | 3.22 MB
English | April 5th, 2018 | ISBN: 0593078926, 0552174262 | 208 pages | True EPUB | 3.22 MB
'Completely compelling and powerful, and hard to put down.' Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, prize-winning author of Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain
• Who are we if our brain fails?
• How do we think?
• How do we feel?
• How do we move, if we move at all?
• What happens when we lose our mind?
When renowned neuroscientist Barbara Lipska's melanoma spread to her brain it started to play tricks on her. The expert on mental illness - a specialist in how the brain operates - experienced what it is like to go mad. Analyzing the science of the mind and the biology of the brain alongisde Dr Lipska's own extraordinary story, this is a fascinating account of what happens when the brain goes awry.
'Oliver Sacks-meets-When Breath Becomes Air … Barbara Lipska's remarkable story illuminates the many mysteries of our fragile yet resilient brains.' Lisa Genova, bestselling author of Still Alice and Every Note Played
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