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Into the Silent Land: Travels in Neuropsychology

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Grove Press, May 1, 2004 - 241 pages
A finalist for The Guardian First Book Award, Into the Silent Land is a stunning look into how the human brain constructs a "self," or the essence of who we are as individuals. A neuropsychologist with twenty-five years' experience and a runner-up for the prestigious Wellcome Trust Science Prize, Paul Broks writes with a doctor's precision and clarity in a series of narratives about the fascinating world of the neurologically impaired, delving not only into the inner lives of his patients, but into a deeper understanding of how we define who we are. Fusing classic cases of neuropsychology with the author's own case studies, personal vignettes, philosophical debate, and thought-provoking riffs and meditations on the nature of neurological impairments and dysfunctions, Into the Silent Land is an illuminating study of neuroscience, and an extraordinary look into the unknown world of the self.
  

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User Review  - Spidy Roks - Goodreads

I remember buying this book, without knowing even its genre. I am glad I bought it, it has been one of my favorite book since last many years now. Read full review

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User Review  - Pat - Goodreads

For someone like me, who has no knowledge of neurology, this was a very accessible introduction to some of the issues, especially relating to identity and a person's sense of themselves. I came away ... Read full review

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Contents

Different Lives
3
The Space behind the Face
17
The Seahorse and the Almond
22
The Sword of the Sun
39
Soul in a Bucket
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In the Theatre
57
AZ
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The Mirror
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Articles of Faith
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The Ghost Tree 1
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The Ghost Tree 2
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The Dreams of Robert Louis Stevenson
171
Voodoo Child Slight Return
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Mr Barringtons Quandary
196
Out of Darkness Cometh Light
200

The Visible Man
71
I Think Therefore I Am Dead
89
Vodka and Saliva
105
Body Art
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The Story of Einsteins Brain
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To Be Two or Not to Be
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Gulls
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Further Reading
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Acknowledgements
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About the author (2004)

Broks is Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Neuropsychology at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth. He writes regularly about his work for the British magazine Prospect and has been published in Granta and The Daily Telegraph.

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TitleInto the Silent Land: Travels in Neuropsychology
An Evergreen book
AuthorsSamuel Beckett, Paul Broks
Editionreprint
PublisherGrove Press, 2004
ISBN0802141285, 9780802141286
Length241 pages
  
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