![]() I continued to love books that explore the relationship between brain, perception, identity and behavior. In examining the person with disease, we gain wisdom about life.” This is what I hope I do with my writing. Oliver Sacks wrote, “In examining disease, we gain wisdom about anatomy and physiology and biology. How do our brains work to allow us to think, feel, remember, desire, empathize, laugh, love, walk and talk? I find this infinitely fascinating. ![]() I’d known that I wanted to be a biologist, but taking that course and reading this book sharpened my focus and ignited my passion for neuroscience. ![]() Told with compassion and an infectious curiosity about how the mind works, this book is a collection of case studies describing real patients with extraordinary neurological impairments. ![]() I was in college, taking a course in physiological psychology, when I first read The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks. ![]()
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