Into the Silent Land Travels in Neuropsychology

Name: Into the Silent Land Travels in Neuropsychology
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ISBN: 9780802141286

ISBN-10: 0802141285

ISBN-13: 9780802141286

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Authors: Paul Broks

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A finalist for The Guardian First Book Award, and hailed as "a tour-de-force intertwining of the clinical, the personal, the fictive, and the philosophical" (Kirkus Reviews), Into the Silent Land is a stunning look into how the human brain constructs a "self," or the essence of who we are as individuals. A neuropsychologist with twenty-five years' experience and a runner-up for the prestigious Wellcome Trust Science Prize, Paul Broks fuses his own case studies, personal vignettes, philosophical debate, and thought-provoking riffs and meditations into a series of narratives that not only delve into the inner lives of his patients, but into a deeper understanding of how we define who we are.…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/13/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.638




Swallowing the Dark


Different Lives


The Space behind the Face


The Seahorse and the Almond


The Sword of the Sun


Soul in a Bucket


In the Theatre


A-Z


The Mirror


The Visible Man



The Spark in the Stone


I Think Therefore I Am Dead


Vodka and Saliva


Body Art


The Story of Einstein's Brain


Articles of Faith


Right This Way, Smiles a Mermaid



No Water, No Moon


The Ghost Tree (1)


The Ghost Tree (2)


The Dreams of Robert Louis Stevenson


Voodoo Child (Slight Return)


Mr Barrington's Quandary


Out of Darkness Cometh Light


To Be Two or Not to Be


Gulls


Further Reading


Acknowledgements