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Nobel Prize recipient Eric R. Kandel investigates The Disordered Mind to uncover what brain disorders reveal about human nature. This challenging study will not only help transform medical care but also encourage a new humanism based in part on the biological confirmation of individuality.Eric R. Kandel, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his foundational research into memory storage in the brain, is one of the pioneers of modern brain science. His work has helped shape our understanding of how learning and memory work. Building from this scientific research, Kandel explores one of the most fundamental questions we face: How does our mind, our individual sense of self, arise from the physical matter of the brain? The brain's 86 billion neurons communicate with one another through very precise connections. If those connections are disrupted, the brain processes that give rise to our mind can become disordered, resulting in diseases such as...

Who reads The Disordered Mind : What Unusual Brains Tell Us About Ourselves?

Author

Eric R. Kandel

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780374716103

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Psychology, Medical, Neuroscience

Rating

4.7 / 5 (409 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14