Our Brains, Our Selves: What a Neurologist’s Patients Taught Him About the Brain
by Masud Husain
🏆 Winner of the 2025 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize
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“A beautiful exploration of how problems in our brains can cause us to change. Its about the concept of ‘self’ and how pathological problems in the brain can cause people to become completely different, and therefore be rejected by society. It’s a very empathetic book, told in a wonderful way, and from a very personal perspective. You see this is a doctor who feels very much for these people.” Read more...
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