The Disordered Mind: What Unusual Brains Tell Us About Ourselves by Eric R. Kandel. He is the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology for his foundational research into memory storage in the brain.
Eric is recognized as one of the pioneers of modern brain science. In fact, his work continues to shape our understanding of how learning and memory work and to break down age-old barriers between the sciences and the arts.
He is able to address upon his research experiences and noted studies regarding the brain. Yet when the neurons communicate, they can be disrupting. This is where Eric’s research into disordered minds certainly sheds light into autism, depression, schizophrenia, Parkinson’s, and PTSD.
So, we now can understand via Eric’s research among many more, how our brain functions under autism. A neurological change in the brain which directly impacts social interactions. This is providing profound insights. In fact, we also understand more clearly how depression impacts our emotions linked to the integrity of one’s self.
In fact, the brain holds over 86 billion neurons which communicate with one another very precisely. However, if those connections are disrupted, the brain processes that give rise to our mind can become disordered, resulting in diseases such as depression, schizophrenia, Parkinson’s, and autism.
This book is a wonderful next step from my previous reads The Elephant in the Brain and The Leading Brain.