The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind A Memoir of Madness and Recovery

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Publisher's Synopsis

'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

Book information

ISBN: 9780552174268
Publisher: Transworld
Imprint: Corgi Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 616.890092
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 208
Weight: 152g
Height: 129mm
Width: 197mm
Spine width: 11mm