The disordered mind : what unusual brains tell us about ourselves / Eric R. Kandel.

By: Kandel, Eric R [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019Copyright date: © 2018 by Eric R. KandelEdition: First paperback EditionDescription: 285 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780374538446Subject(s): Mental illness | NeuropsychologyDDC classification: 616.89
Contents:
What brain disorders can tell us about ourselves -- Our intensely social nature : the autism spectrum -- Emotions and the integrity of the self : depression and bipolar disorder -- The ability to think and to make and carry out decisions : schizophrenia -- Memory, the storehouse of the self : dementia -- Our intrinsic creative capability : brain disorders and art -- Movement : Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases -- The interplay of conscious and unconscious emotion : anxiety, post-traumatic stress, and faulty decision-making -- The pleasure principle and freedom of choice: addictions -- That's all, folks -- Sexual differentiation of the brain and gender identity -- Consciousness : the great remaining mystery of the brain -- Conclusion : coming full circle.
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Includes bibliographical references, notes and index.

What brain disorders can tell us about ourselves -- Our intensely social nature : the autism spectrum -- Emotions and the integrity of the self : depression and bipolar disorder -- The ability to think and to make and carry out decisions : schizophrenia -- Memory, the storehouse of the self : dementia -- Our intrinsic creative capability : brain disorders and art -- Movement : Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases -- The interplay of conscious and unconscious emotion : anxiety, post-traumatic stress, and faulty decision-making -- The pleasure principle and freedom of choice: addictions -- That's all, folks -- Sexual differentiation of the brain and gender identity -- Consciousness : the great remaining mystery of the brain -- Conclusion : coming full circle.

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