Unthinkable: An Extraordinary Journey Through the World's Strangest Brains, (Hardcover)

from Beamis12

3.5 Our brains are capable of so many things, such a complex organ, and the least understood. This book highlights the many ways a glitch in the circuitry of the brain can cause some unique, and at times harrowing conditions. I was drawn to this book because of a show on TV I saw a while back. It...

from booklover915

In "Unthinkable," science writer Helen Thomson explores oddities of the human brain in men and women who have unusual disorders or abilities. Thomson begins by providing a bit of history from ancient Egypt, when the brain was "an organ of little interest" and the heart took center stage. Plato pl...

from RealLifeReading

A science journalist's interest in rare brain disorders takes her around the world as she meets people with lycanthropy, audio hallucinations, Cotard delusion or Walking Corpse Syndrome (ie thinking you're dead). I listened to the audiobook, read by Thomson herself, & I felt all the earnestness a...

from loraineo

A real interesting book and as the title says, a journey through the world's strangest brains! Similar to Oliver Sacks but from a journalist point of view. Easy to read and hard to put down!

from widdersyns

I didn't expect to be called out so hard by this book but here we are. I thought I was just bad at directions, but I went online and did some assessment tests and it turns out I may have Developmental Topographical Disorientation! I'm not sure what to do with this information but thanks, I guess.