The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: A Memoir of Madness and Recovery

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Barbara Lipska is the director of the Human Brain Bank at the National Institute of Mental Health in Washington, D.C. An internationally recognize

Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor- Harvard trained brain scientist who suffers from a stroke and then writes about it https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/mar/30/i-was-a-caricature-of-my-worst-traits-how-brain-cancer-can-affect-the-mindbecoming irrationally furious at Amtrak when her train was delayed, and talking about it for days, to everyone in sight.

Until that day, it’s life as normal for her. The book’s imminent publication, she tells me, is what’s keeping her alive. Grateful An advance digital copy was provided by NetGalley and author Barbara K. Lipska for my honest review. Thanks to Netgalley, the authors (Barbara Lipska and Elaine McArdle) and the publisher (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) for a copy of the book. Personalitatea fiecărui om este rezultatul unor interacțiuni complexe între factori nenumărați care influențează funcționarea creierului." I encourage anyone interested in hearing more of her story to spend time The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind. Her expertise, her vulnerability, desire to help others, to give hope, and to confront stigma offer benefits to any reader. These valuable lessons are made even more meaningful when given voice by another member of the greater brain tumor community.And for two months in 2015, she developed similar symptoms of dementia and schizophrenia — only to learn they were the effects of cancerous tumors, growing in her brain. Lipska immediately thought 'brain tumor' - and an MRI confirmed her worst fears. The brain scan revealed three tumors in the scientist's head, one of which was bleeding.