Further resources
This is by no means compulsory reading, but is intended to show you just a small range of the wider material that is available, related to the study of the human brain.
For general background, with a personal perspective, try these:
Any book (or film) by Oliver Sacks:
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
Hallucinations
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
The Mind’s Eye
Awakenings
Migraine
Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain – David Eagleman
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – Jean-Dominique Bauby
Get the book
Get the film (DVD)
In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind – Eric Kandel
Get the book
Get the documentary (DVD)
For a more in depth consideration of brain biology try:
Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain – Bear, Connor and Paradiso
Or This online textbook
(NB When purchasing DVDs please remember to make sure it has the correct region code for the country in which you’ll be watching.)
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