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Around a decade ago I first read 'The man who mistook his wife as a hat', which really sparked my interest in the brain, what happens when something goes wrong with it, and what that can be like for the person having that experience. Oliver Sacks beautifully captured all of those aspects and now - perhaps in part thanks to that book - I am working as a neuropsychologist. Thus I had high hopes for this book. In the first few case examples I slipped comfortably back into the familiar Sacks style -
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I like the way Sacks uses words to describe client's cases that become clearly lives in my mind, but sometimes I find him a little bit repetitive. Anyway I didn't know he had this big problem in his eyes.
Mi piace il modo in cui Sacks usa le parole per descrivere i casi dei suoi pazienti, che diventano chiaramente vite nella mia mente, ma a volte lo trovo un pochino ripetitivo. Comunque non ero a conoscenza del suo problema agli occhi. ...more
Mi piace il modo in cui Sacks usa le parole per descrivere i casi dei suoi pazienti, che diventano chiaramente vite nella mia mente, ma a volte lo trovo un pochino ripetitivo. Comunque non ero a conoscenza del suo problema agli occhi. ...more
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