Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind
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'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
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I am dangerously driven and the idea of resting after surgery and other intense treatments is totally repulsive. I cycle 5000 miles a day, as do my husband and beautiful, successful children.
I love to receive cutting edge treatments instantly because I'm well off and have excellent social connections, almost as much as I love jeopardising medical trials by entering them despite knowing I should be disqualified.
Also, despite intense confusion and difficulty with basic talks, neither I or those around me think there's any reason to keep me from driving and potentially killing someone, or wandering around the woods alone after already getting desperately lost several times.
Despite being a neuroscientist who specialises in schizophrenia, I apparently think it's basically the same thing as dementia.
I'm not sure why I started writing a review like this, it's stilted, repetitive and minimally engaging, causing you to trudge through it waiting for a punchline that never comes. Just like my book!