Into the silent land : travels in neuropsychology

Into the silent land : travels in neuropsychology

  • نوع فایل : کتاب
  • زبان : انگلیسی
  • مؤلف : Paul Broks
  • ناشر : London : Atlantic
  • چاپ و سال / کشور: 2003
  • شابک / ISBN : 9781903809556

Description

1. Neuropsychology -- Popular works. 2. Psychophysiology -- Popular works. 3. Broks, Paul. 4. Neuropsychology -- Popular Works. 5. Psychophysiology -- Popular Works. 6. Neuropsychologie. 7. Hersenbeschadiging. 8. Neuropsychologie -- Ouvrages de vulgarisation. 9. Psychophysiologie -- Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
How does the brain construct a "self," the essence of who we are as individuals? And how does the "self" respond to the deconstruction of its brain? A neuropsychologist with twenty-five years' experience and a runner-up for the prestigious Wellcome Trust Science Prize, Paul Broks writes with a doctor's precision and clarity in a series of narratives about the fascinating world of the neurologically impaired, delving not only into the inner lives of his patients, but into a deeper understanding of how we define who we are. In The Sea and the Almond, a young woman who suffers from daily grand mal seizures agrees to radical surgery that involves removal of the amygdala (from the Greek for "almond") and part of the hippocampus ("seahorse"), which is responsible for memory and all conscious recall. I Think Therefore I Am Dead is both a meditation on human consciousness and an intimate case study chronicling Broks's efforts in working with a patient suffering from a debilitating illness that has no diagnosis or cure. Fusing classic cases of neuropsychology with the author's own case studies, personal vignettes, philosophical debate, and thought-provoking riffs and meditations on the nature of neurological impairments and dysfunctions, Into the Silent Land is an illuminating study of what neuroscience can and cannot teach us about the mechanisms that allow us to define ourselves as individuals.
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