The Pleasure Shock

The Pleasure Shock The Rise of Deep Brain Stimulation and Its Forgotten Inventor

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Publisher's Synopsis

The award-winning science writer Lone Frank has uncovered lost documents and accounts of Heath's pioneering efforts. She has tracked down surviving colleagues and patients. And she has delved into the current embrace of deep brain stimulation by scientists and patients alike. The Pleasure Shock weaves together biography, neuroscience, psychology, the history of science, and medical ethics to explore our views of the mind and the self.

Book information

ISBN: 9781101986530
Publisher: Penguin Random House Group
Imprint: Dutton Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 616.8046
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: x, 307
Weight: 518g
Height: 160mm
Width: 235mm
Spine width: 28mm