‘Beautiful to read and packed with cutting-edge science’ Observer<\/i><\/b>
‘Poetic, mind-stretching and, through it all, deeply human’ Daniel Levitin<\/b><\/p>\n
Mental illness is one of the greatest causes of human suffering, its nature and origin a long-held mystery. But thanks to new science and technology, our understanding has reached a tipping point. In Connections, <\/i>Professor Karl Deisseroth intertwines his own breakthrough discoveries with moving case studies from his experience as an emergency psychiatry physician, in order to tell a wider story about the origins of human emotion.<\/p>\n
Addressing some of the most timeless questions about the human condition while illuminating the roots of misunderstood disorders such as depression, psychosis, schizophrenia and sociopathy, Connections<\/i> transforms the way we understand the brain, and forges a bold new path forward in our understanding of mental health.<\/p>\n
‘Revelatory . . . it recalls the case histories of Oliver Sacks, at times the sweep of Yuval Harari’s Sapiens<\/i>. He writes with an evident love of words – but also, with a lucid line of scientific enquiry’ Guardian<\/i>
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‘A master storyteller. His graceful prose weaves a tapestry of complex ideas into memorable stories, each illuminated by cutting-edge science. A delight’ Kathryn Mannix, author of With the End in Mind<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In this ground-breaking tour of the human mind, a world-renowned psychiatrist and neuroscientist explores the origins of human emotion through the stories of his patients. Why do we feel what we feel? How do we define ‘sanity’? Can a lost mind be found again? Since the dawn of humankind, mental illness has been one of our greatest causes of suffering as a species. But for the majority of our history, its causes have remained a mystery. Now, science has reached a tipping point. In ‘Connections’, Professor Karl Deisseroth shares his breakthrough discovery, Optogenetics, a biological technique that allows us to decipher the brain’s inner workings using light.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[911],"product_tag":[1925,7040,3547,6080,99,1028],"class_list":["post-95153","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-health","product_tag-evolution","product_tag-medical-genetics","product_tag-mental-health-services","product_tag-neurology-clinical-neurophysiology","product_tag-popular-science","product_tag-self-help-personal-development","pa_book_author-deisseroth-karl","pa_cover-paperback","pa_dewey-152-4-edition23","pa_imprint-penguin-books","pa_language-english","pa_pages-9040","pa_publisher-penguin-books","pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","first","onbackorder","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n