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I have mixed feelings about this book. The author admits in the new preface that many terms used are no longer generally accepted and many patient descriptors are far from nuanced. While his attempts to humanize individuals who society and medicine tend to disregard are admirable, most profiles are simply a collection of observations and anecdotes, rarely providing any professional or psychological analysis or interpretation.

If you want to read various case studies then it is okay but it's not in depth and certainly I loved hallucinations by Oliver Sacks more

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Raced through this! Incredibly interesting, one I recommend to everyone i know!

This is a book with an interesting title & interesting concepts. It may be outdated but this is one of those initial books which I read about human cognition which sparked my interest in this subject.

And equally loved other book is A man called ove🥰

#alphabetgame #LetterM

This was on a list of my “100 Books to Read Before you Die” scratch-off. It was really interesting to read about neurological disorders, and I found myself enjoying a nonfiction book for the first time in awhile. However, in the last part of his book, he uses the term “retarded” pretty often. I know it‘s from 1984 and not done in a derogatory way, but I wouldn‘t recommend the book to someone without giving them a disclaimer first.

And with an hour to spare I finished my final #booked2021 prompt. It was interesting but I found some of the very outdated language hard to stomach and I wonder if this had been updated in later issues? Thank you so much to @Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage & @4thhouseontheleft for hosting this challenge. It has broadened my reading, introduced me to new authors I love and helped my TBR. I‘m feeling pretty proud of myself for completing it 😁

In order to complete the #getbooked2021 challenge I must finish this book today! Not that I‘m a cut it fine type of person or anything! 😬 Wish me luck!!

This book was fascinating. Lots of stories about defectology - I'm glad we call it neurodiversity today. This paragraph really hits home. I wish my son had autism instead of schizophrenia. You can talk about autism. Schizophrenia is unspeakable. There's so much to learn about the brain and its not the end of the world. #endthestigma

#thoughtfulthursday @MoonWith 😊 @DarkMina

😃 😊 😀 My friend's baby snuck away and came to my library and ran amuck while I was teaching. I don't know how he opened the heavy door! But my third graders were pleased to have an interruption and he was really cute. 😁 😊 😄
🦀 🙁 ☹️ getting near the end and everyone needs mom all of a sudden 👎 😠 😡

I have been passively seeking this book for so long that I actually bought the Kindle edition. I never... almost never pay for books. But it keeps getting referred to in so much of what I read. So finally started this last night.

Starting my push towards finishing #booked2021 in earnest with this one by Dr Oliver Sacks, who I would say, along with the patients he talks about, is the main character. I think this year it is so important to remember that mental health doctors are key workers too.

#BookCoverChallenge
Day 74.
Here I will note 365 books (or as many as I will have before I get tired) that have shaped my taste in literature. No explanations, no reviews. Just the cover of the book.
I do not challenge anyone. You are all welcome to take part.

I didn‘t like this as much as I thought I would. A large part of that is likely due to the book‘s age. Much of the language and perspectives are extremely outdated 2/5 ⭐️
Book #57 of 2020

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Fascinating neurological case studies!
Would recommend to anyone with a medical background/interest in medicine, especially those particularly intrigued by neurology.
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Full GoodReads Review Below ⬇️
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3151619964

Sitting out on my deck in the morning with a cup of coffee, a good book, and the sunrise - my favorite way to start the day.

I‘ve not read it but I have wondered what a #strangetitle this is, when I first came across the book. Later I found out it‘s a collection of case studies relating to various neurological disorders by neurologist Dr Oliver Sacks.

#BiblioMaynia

The tagged book is my April #doublespin. It‘s interesting but quite clinical so I‘m breaking it up with my very funny #triplespin April book. The cat on the front cover is how I feel after a day home schooling my two children!

3 1/2 🌟

I was sad reading the mentions of Parkinson's Disease because my Granddad died from it, and Paul Sinha (off #TheChase) is now suffering from it.

The last chapter really annoyed me though - again, due to #TheChase - it's called 'The Autist Artist'. Cindy, who am I thinking of lol?!

#booked2020 #hatorheadcoveringonthecover @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage

This would have been similar to Captain America's experience if he was real.

Fascinating insight into the pathologies associated with neurological diseases.

You have to begin to lose your memory, if only in bits and pieces, to realise that memory is what makes our lives. Life without memory is no life at all... our memory is our coherence, our reason, our feeling, even our action. Without it, we are nothing...(I can only wait for the final amnesia, the one that can erase an entire life, as it did my mother‘s...)
Luis Bunuel #weekendreading #holiday #favoritelines

This Oliver Sacks guy is a genius.

#booked2020 @Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft

This is the first of 2 posts about books I'm thinking of using for the prompts. 3 #liveandlearn might change (it's already changed once!) I probably have books for prompts 5, 6, 7, 12 & 13 but going to go by my mood to fill these.

Just found prompt 8 - Not My Father's Son - Alan Cumming!

Some cases Sacks tells us about were indeed interesting to read. I was surprised about what can happen out therr in the big world.

But as for me most parts of it were mostly irrelevant. A lot can change in 35 years time. For professionals and relatives/friends it is an important and sure as well helpful book.

Mysterio being #mysterious 😱

#Fallisbooked

Some of this stories were very interesting, some not so much, all were incredibly dated. Overall it was an ok read.

Picture of random price list found in the book.

My plans for this gloomy day. #rainydaysareforreading

#LilithJuly

(Day 9 - #TheHat)

*I thought this one would be too obvious; nevertheless, I love this cover...very amusing.

I haven‘t read this, but it has been on my tbr for ages!

#TheHat #LillithJuly

#70 of my year. I‘m waiting for my Shadow & Bones trilogy to come in the mail tomorrow so decided to pick up this short book. Definitely looking forward to collecting more of his books🤓🥰

I‘ve wanted to read this book for a while, but I was a bit underwhelmed. The stories of patients are fascinating. It seems that Sacks did care about uncovering the mechanisms of the brain; however, he‘s hopelessly full of himself. He goes on philosophical rants for pages and pages. I‘m interested in the patients and their afflictions, not how well-read or clever Sacks thinks he is.

I got my newest book haul today!

I loved this volume of clinical stories and continue to find myself fascinated by the brain. Most of the chapters are well written prose and within reach of the non-technical reader. There were a couple though, maybe originally written for a different audience, that were a little tougher to get through.

#neurology

Late night dinner: Sriracha chicken with purple rice and green beans.

(Yes, I know, this rice again. I love this stuff.)

#BookAndDinner

We continue with our Wednesday night dinner and a book. This week we have grilled chicken strips, parmesan garlic angel hair pasta, peas, and a Rosé hard cider. All with some background music from Tears Run Rings.

#BookNDinner

Excited for a new book and a warm bath 😍

Not all of these are #sillytitle(s), but they are pretty funny! #SisforSeptember @CaliforniaCay

Note how it says "...and Other Clinical Tales" there in the title. This book definitely is technical, and it can easily go over your head if you don't have a base understanding of neuroscience. It's great if you feel like you want to challenge your understanding, but I don't recommend it as a light read.

#nonfiction #sciencewriting

Well it is called a classic for a reason. The takeaway for me is that all we are exists in the grey matter between the ears, damage it and we can change or go away entirely. Damage which means a man can not recognise faces or even common items, which impacts memory so badly that thirty years of memory are lost, which means you can no longer recognise the concept of left, or providing ecstatic visions associated with mystics. Brilliant and profound

These are a couple of #borrowedbooks I have at the moment. I keep a strict log of which books I've lent and which books I've borrowed aaaaand since I trust my friends and they trust me, everything works out. ☺️

#MarchInBooks

I am so angry right now. I can‘t take another word of this self-righteous, ignorant, judgmental narrative masquerading as compassion. I am close to the end but I can‘t bear to finish. I just want to fling my phone (I was taking the audiobook route) to the wall and scream, NO! NO! NO!!! These are people, not freaks, idiots, morons, retards!!!
This book is dated to the point of blood boiling. I can‘t recommend it to a 21st century reader.

Sacks does an excellent job of turning case notes into compelling narratives but this remains a very clinical book. It's important to remember that the first copyright is 1970, especially when you get into the chapter on "retardates" and the foremost authority who worked at the Institute of Defectology ?. I skimmed that chapter at best. You'll need a basic knowledge of psychology and some neuroscience for a clear understanding of many stories.

The brain is very interesting

#paradox
#quotsynov17