[FUN_Mail] FUN_Mail Digest, Vol 67, Issue 8

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Also check out Alex Swan's Cinema Psych Podcast for great discussions on Psych/Neuro in Film!https://cinemapsychpod.swanpsych.com/

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 That sounds great, I have it on hold at my library. I think addiction is a topic that would be of great interest. Thank you. jane 

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Subject: Re: [FUN_Mail] FUN_Mail Digest, Vol 67, Issue 5 [books/films] Hi all, 
On the subject of book recommendations, Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi (published last year) is a great read. The protagonist is a PhD student in neuroscience who is researching addiction. Excellent storytelling, ties to neuroscience research (several tidbits that can trace back to research articles), and themes related to identity, family, and more. 
Here are some reviews that go into more depth about the novel:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/books/review/transcendent-kingdom-yaa-gyasi.html. 

https://medhum.med.nyu.edu/view/18843

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Hi All,

I second my stroke of insight-it’s a great book for several reasons.

A few of my favorites are dueling neurosurgeons, phantoms in the brain,why zebras don’t get ulcers.

Unread but sitting on my desk are the reason I jump,Behave, and Klara and the sun. 

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Hi,

What about Jill Bolte Taylor’s story called “My Stroke of Insight”? She also gives a great TED talk on this subject. A second idea is A Beautiful Mind, the movie with Russell Crowe about mathematician John Nash who suffered from schizophrenia.

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I would be grateful if the following message could be sent to FUN members. jane

I teach a course called The Brain in Books and Film. I like to use 3 books and have found 2 that I like a lot, My Brain on Fire, and Still Alice. However, I have never found a 3rd book I really like, though I have tried a number.  Can anyone make any suggestions?  I am open to film suggestions too, many of the ones I use are PBS specials.
Any help would be appreciated. jane

"Life is short, make haste to be kind."

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The author of Still Alice has another book called Left Neglected that I like. Also, Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep is good, although more in-depth.
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I teach a course called The Brain in Books and Film. I like to use 3 books and have found 2 that I like a lot, My Brain on Fire, and Still Alice. However, I have never found a 3rd book I really like, though I have tried a number.  Can anyone make any suggestions?  I am open to film suggestions too, many of the ones I use are PBS specials.

Any help would be appreciated. jane

"Life is short, make haste to be kind."

Dr. Jane Flinn

Director, Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience

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Oliver Sacks?s book The Island of the Colorblind, especially the middle section on Guam, is good.  In that portion of the book he talks about a rare disease that is endemic on Guam, lytico-bodig.  It has characteristics similar to both Parkinson?s and ALS.  That chapter is especially nice in class because he proposes a theory for what might be causing Lytico-bodig, presents some data, nope that theory doesn?t hold up.  Here?s another theory and data.  Nope, that?s not the answer either.  Here?s some new data for theory one ?. It really shows *how* science is done.  Plus it has Sacks? usual caring and insightful description of his patients.

Sacks? The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat is also good.  Similar to that is Klawans? Why Michael Couldn?t Hit.  Both are case studies of neurological patients.  The latter title refers to Michael Jordan?s failed attempt to switch to baseball.

The Ghost in My Brain (post-concussion, by Clark Elliott) and With One Hand Tied Behind My Brain (post-stroke by Avrel Seale) are also good.

Pride and a Daily Marathon by Jonathan Cole is about a guy (Ian Waterman) who lost all proprioception below the neck at age 19.  ALL of his movements now have to be done consciously and visually.

I also have a JUNE article from ~2012 on using ?non-fiction novels? in Sensation & Perception.

- Karen

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I would be grateful if the following message could be sent to FUN members. jane

I teach a course called The Brain in Books and Film. I like to use 3 books and have found 2 that I like a lot, My Brain on Fire, and Still Alice. However, I have never found a 3rd book I really like, though I have tried a number.  Can anyone make any suggestions?  I am open to film suggestions too, many of the ones I use are PBS specials.
Any help would be appreciated. jane

"Life is short, make haste to be kind."

Dr. Jane Flinn

Director, Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience

Department of Psychology, MSN 3F5

George Mason University

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