false 1906839 2 <div><div><div><i>Head Cases</i> takes us into the dark side of the brain in an astonishing sequence of stories, at once true and strange, from the world of brain injury. <br><br><br><br>Michael Paul Mason is one of an elite group of experts who appear in the wake of tragic accidents and coordinate care that can last a lifetime. On the road with Mason, we encounter survivors of brain injuries as they struggle to map and make sense of the new worlds they inhabit. We meet a snowboarder whose life became permanently surreal after an errant jump; an "ultraviolent" child who has lost the brain's instinctive check on the impulse to strike out at others; a young man who cannot cry; and an Iraq war veteran whose odd maladies suggest that brain injury will be the war's most conspicuous legacy.<br><br><br><br>Underlying each of their stories is an exploration into the brain and its mysteries. When injured, the brain must figure out how to heal itself, reorganizing its physiology in order to do the job, and Mason gives us a series of vivid glimpses into brain science, the last frontier of medicine. We come away in awe of the miracles of the brain's workings and astonished at the fragility of the brain and the sense of self, life, and order that resides there. <i>Head Cases</i> echoes both Oliver Sacks and Raymond Carver, and is at once illuminating and deeply affecting.<br><br></div></div></div> 1908666 1 4 2008 Head Cases: Stories of Brain Injury and Its Aftermath total:136|5:39|4:43|3:42|2:11|1:1| 136 516 296 46 4 1 false false Sun Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 07:49:32 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 23:13:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 22:42:32 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 09:17:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 16:55:42 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 17:11:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Nov 24 21:09:27 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 21:29:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 19 07:04:53 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 20 20:22:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 02 16:20:52 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 18:22:18 -0700 2008
Mason brings his cases to life for the reader with compassion and skill. I noticed another review that critic...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon May 19 18:55:23 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 06:59:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 21 10:00:29 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 10:04:28 -0700 2009
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Forgetting is hell, forgetting is heaven.

Ounce for ounce, a walnut enjoys more protection than the human brain.

Although I don't find myself agreeing with him too often, Satan has an undeniably intuitive grasp of the human condition. After a humil...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 01 16:35:36 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 04 16:20:56 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 16:35:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 25 07:26:50 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 07:29:45 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 23 07:37:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 07:41:07 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Oct 15 15:08:28 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 15 15:10:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1906839