[FUN_Mail] FUN_Mail Digest, Vol 67, Issue 10
William Grisham
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Sat Jul 3 19:34:57 UTC 2021
I would suggest using "My Stroke of Insight," which is a first-person
narrative of a neuroscientist having a stroke--it's non-fiction.
William (Bill) Grisham, Ph.D.
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> I have used ?Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness and Family Secrets?
> by Luke Dittrich in a book club for the NJ Governor?s School in the
> Sciences (for rising high school seniors). Dittrich is the grandson of
> William Scoville, who performed the surgery on Henry Molaison. In addition
> to telling the story of H.M., it also provides opportunities for
> interesting digression on topics like how we know what we know about the
> brain; medical ethics and how they have changed over time (Scoville was one
> of the surgeons active the heyday of the frontal lobotomy); gender issues
> (using psychosurgery to ?treat? women who did not fit the cultural norms of
> the time; also highlights Brenda Milner as one of the foremost female
> neuroscientists); a custody battle over Henry?s brain, etc. The book was
> controversial at the time of its publication, and the controversy itself is
> also interesting to explore.
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> https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/08/the-dark-story-of-neurosciences-most-famous-patient/494939/
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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.
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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
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> >
> >
> > "Life is short, make haste to be kind."
> >
> >
> >
> > Dr. Jane Flinn
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> > Director, Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience
> >
> > Department of Psychology, MSN 3F5
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> > George Mason University
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> > 4400 University Dr.
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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.
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > I also have a JUNE article from ~2012 on using ?non-fiction novels? in
> Sensation & Perception.
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> > - Karen
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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
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> > Director, Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience
> >
> > Department of Psychology, MSN 3F5
> >
> > George Mason University
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> > 4400 University Dr.
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> > Fairfax, VA 22030
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> > Phone:703 993 4107
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