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From ancient theories of power to contemporary examples

The Mind Electric: A Neurologist on the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains Lorena Alvarez Gómez Amelia comes up with aIn this collection of medical tales reminiscent of Oliver Sacks and the best of medical writing (Abraham Verghese, author of The Covenant of Water), a neurologist reckons with the stories we tell about our brains, and the stories our brains tell us. A girl believes she has been struck blind for stealing a kiss. A mother watches helplessly as each of her children is replaced by a changeling. A woman is haunted each month by the same four chords of a