Unthinkable : an extraordinary journey through the world's strangest brains

Summary: "[The author] has spent years travelling the world, tracking down incredibly rare brain disorders. In [this book] she tells the stories of nine extraordinary people she encountered along the way. From the man who thinks he's a tiger to the doctor who feels the pain of others just by looking at them to a woman who hears music thats not there, their experiences illustrate how the brain can shape our lives in unexpected and, in some cases, brilliant and alarming ways"--Amazon.com.

Record details

ISBN: 9780062391162
Physical Description: print
regular print
275 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: New York, New York : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018.
Copyright: ©2018.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: The strange life of the brain -- Bob: never forgetting a moment -- Sharon: being permanently lost -- Rubén: seeing auras -- Tommy: switching personalities -- Sylvia: an endless hallucination -- Matar: turning into a tiger -- Louise: becoming unreal -- Graham: waking up dead -- Joel: feeling other people's pain -- Conclusion: Nothing is unthinkable.