{"product_id":"bizarre-marc-dingman-9781399801201","title":"Bizarre: The Most Peculiar Cases of Human Behavior and What They Tell Us about How the Brain Works","description":"The human brain is an impossibly complex and delicate instrument - capable of extraordinary calculations, abundant creativity and linguistic dexterity. But the brain is not just the most brilliant of evolutionary wonders. It's also one of the most bizarre. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book shows a whole other side of how brains work - from the patient who is afraid to take a shower because she fears her body will slip down the drain to a man who is convinced, against all evidence, that he is a cat, and a woman who compulsively snacks on cigarette ashes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEntertaining though they are, these cases are more than just oddities. In attempting to understand them, neuroscientists have uncovered important details about how the brain works. \u003ci\u003eBIZARRE\u003c\/i\u003e will examine these details while explaining what neuroscience's most unusual patients have taught us about normal brain function -ideal both for readers seeking a better appreciation of the inner workings of the brain and those who simply want some extraordinary topics for dinner-party conversation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marc Dingman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1399801201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399801201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicholas Brealey Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d","brand":"Marc Dingman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44071431897343,"sku":"9781399801201","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_83dc71b9-5b86-4031-8724-a2e127f77d70.jpg?v=1685436056","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bizarre-marc-dingman-9781399801201","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}