Neuroscience
Just finished reading three excellent books with neuro themes, one a work of fiction and the other two are narrative accounts:
"Still Alice" by Lisa Genova (available in paperback by iUniverse Press), is a very accurate dramatic fictional account of early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
"Insomniac" by Gayle Greene is a great account of the world of insomnia, from the vantage point of individuals living with sleep disorders (including the author) and from the vantage point of the clinical researchers who study the condition and who work on drug development and other facets of diagnosis, understanding, and treatment.
Finally, "Can't Remember What I Forgot" by Sue Halpern, self described as a "behind-the-scenes foray into the world of cutting-edge memory research." It lives up to that description and does so in a very readable manner.
"Insomniac" is published by the University of California Press and "Can't Remember ..." is published by Harmony Books.
Today, I am reading "Netherland" by Joseph O'Neill, published by Pantheon,, which was released about a week ago to critical acclaim. No neuro themes, but a compellingly good read.
- Just Remember The Benefits Of Exercise
Michael Greenberg, who wrote a memoir recently about his daughter's experience of bipolar disorder, has now written a fascinating review in the New York Review of Books (NYRoB) of a new tome on memory "Can't Remember What I Forgot: The Good News...
- Alzheimer's: Impaired Beta-amyloid Clearance
From the NIH: Impaired clearance, not overproduction of toxic proteins, may underlie Alzheimer’s disease 09 December 2010 In Alzheimer's disease, a protein fragment called beta-amyloid accumulates at abnormally high levels in the brain. Now researchers...
- World Alzheimer's Day
Today is World Alzheimer's Day. Read something today to increase your knowledge about the disease and dementia. Here's a general-readership resource: Alzheimer's Disease: Unraveling the Mystery ... and a report from the Alzheimer's Association:...
- What Can Artists Who Experience Brain Disease Teach Us About The Brain And Behavior?
A small but fascinating area of study in neuropsychology is the examination of the abilities of artists who have sustained some form or another of brain disease. Painters, musicians, writers have all been studied, usually in detailed individual case studies....
- Readers' Advisory Via Librarything?
Heard Tim Spaulding's talk at last October's NEASIS&T Embedded Library program (link to podcast & more info) about LibraryThing and I got inspired. I'd heard about it for ages, of course, but finally I had some time to play with it today....
Neuroscience
Three Brainy General-Readership Books
Just finished reading three excellent books with neuro themes, one a work of fiction and the other two are narrative accounts:
"Still Alice" by Lisa Genova (available in paperback by iUniverse Press), is a very accurate dramatic fictional account of early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
"Insomniac" by Gayle Greene is a great account of the world of insomnia, from the vantage point of individuals living with sleep disorders (including the author) and from the vantage point of the clinical researchers who study the condition and who work on drug development and other facets of diagnosis, understanding, and treatment.
Finally, "Can't Remember What I Forgot" by Sue Halpern, self described as a "behind-the-scenes foray into the world of cutting-edge memory research." It lives up to that description and does so in a very readable manner.
"Insomniac" is published by the University of California Press and "Can't Remember ..." is published by Harmony Books.
Today, I am reading "Netherland" by Joseph O'Neill, published by Pantheon,, which was released about a week ago to critical acclaim. No neuro themes, but a compellingly good read.
- Just Remember The Benefits Of Exercise
Michael Greenberg, who wrote a memoir recently about his daughter's experience of bipolar disorder, has now written a fascinating review in the New York Review of Books (NYRoB) of a new tome on memory "Can't Remember What I Forgot: The Good News...
- Alzheimer's: Impaired Beta-amyloid Clearance
From the NIH: Impaired clearance, not overproduction of toxic proteins, may underlie Alzheimer’s disease 09 December 2010 In Alzheimer's disease, a protein fragment called beta-amyloid accumulates at abnormally high levels in the brain. Now researchers...
- World Alzheimer's Day
Today is World Alzheimer's Day. Read something today to increase your knowledge about the disease and dementia. Here's a general-readership resource: Alzheimer's Disease: Unraveling the Mystery ... and a report from the Alzheimer's Association:...
- What Can Artists Who Experience Brain Disease Teach Us About The Brain And Behavior?
A small but fascinating area of study in neuropsychology is the examination of the abilities of artists who have sustained some form or another of brain disease. Painters, musicians, writers have all been studied, usually in detailed individual case studies....
- Readers' Advisory Via Librarything?
Heard Tim Spaulding's talk at last October's NEASIS&T Embedded Library program (link to podcast & more info) about LibraryThing and I got inspired. I'd heard about it for ages, of course, but finally I had some time to play with it today....