Lorin J. Elias

Broken Brains (eBook, ePUB)

How Landmark Cases of Traumatic Brain Injuries Changed Our Understanding of the Mind

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

• Breaking down how over 20 cases of exceptional brain injuries lead to greater understanding of how the mind works
• With the readability of a Malcolm Gladwell book, each chapter shares a story of a brain injury, the behavioural consequences for the person, and what scientists learned about brain function
• From the well-known story of railway foreman Phineas Gage's personality change following an iron rod through the brain to lesser known stories outside neuroscience textbooks, such as a Englishwoman who lost her ability to recognize faces after hitting her head or the sufferer of the rare Urbach-Wiethe genetic condition who was unable to experience fear
• For the curious reader who wants a readable, fascinating overview of the evolution in understanding of how the mind works
• Author is a cognitive neuroscientist, who is currently Vice-Dean and Professor of Psychology at University of Saskatchewan

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dundurn Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781459755154
• Artikelnr.: 72257023

Autorenporträt

Lorin J. Elias is a professor of psychology at the University of Saskatchewan. He completed his Ph.D. in behavioural neuroscience at the University of Waterloo and has been studying the brain for over twenty-five years. He is the author of Side Effects: How Left-Brain Right-Brain Differences Shape Everyday Behaviour and his research has been featured in popular newspapers and magazines around the world. Lorin lives in Saskatoon.