Some people love books so much, that they can find themselves enjoying the smell of the paper on each page. We can get easily lost in the writing and escape a bit from the madness that is going on. The authors we talk about today did fantastic storytelling exploring neuro themes. Curious about a professor that cannot recognize his students face? Or maybe you have an inquisitiveness for artistic scientific illustrations? No matter what you are looking for, we got your back, with these two book suggestions.
The first one, written in 1985, is a collection of real cases of neurological patients. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat presents the stories of patients with schizophrenia, Parkinson disease, Alzheimer, Tourette syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorder, among others. The writer, Oliver Sacks, is a neurologist himself and in this work, he describes some of the experiences of his patients, that can go from intellectual and perceptual abnormalities, lost of memory or inability to identify people’s faces or common objects. The story that gives the title to the book, tells the case of a man with prosopagnosia, that tries to grab his hat, but he mistook his wife, grabbing her head instead, without understanding his error.
Beautiful Brain: The Drawings of Santiago Ramon y Cajal – is a book that presents the drawings with very detailed techniques made by this neuroscientist, that is also a Nobel laureate. Besides exploring brain anatomy, Santiago Ramon y Cajal (1852-1934) was a brilliant illustrator, who spend hours at the microscope. The book showcases some of his most important drawings of brain cells, brain regions and neural circuits while referring to his scientific contributions too. The book was written by W. Swanson, Eric Newman, Alfonso Araque, Janet M. Dubinsky, neuroscientists who describe the artistic roots of Cajal work and refer to contemporary neuroscience imaging techniques.
Have you read any of these books? Which one would interest you the most? Let us know. Enjoy and stay safe!
