The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons
The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
by Sam Kean
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appears in Best Science Books, Psychology, and Science.
From the author of the bestseller The Disappearing Spoon, tales of the brain and the history of neuroscience. Early studies of the functions of the human brain used a simple method: wait for misfortune to strikestrokes, seizures, infectious diseases, lobotomies, horrendous accidentsand see how the victim coped. In many cases survival was miraculo...
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appears in Best Science Books, Psychology, and Science.
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