Memoirs of an Addicted Brain: A Neuroscientist Examines his Former Life on Drugs - Brossura

Lewis, Marc

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ISBN 10: 0385669275 ISBN 13: 9780385669276

Casa editrice: Anchor Canada, 2012

Riassunto

Our minds are governed by a cycle of craving what we don't have, finding it, using it up or losing it, and then being driven by loss, need, desire, or insecurity to crave it all the more. This cycle is at the root of all addictions: addictions to drugs, drink, cigarettes, sex, love, soap operas, wealth, and wisdom itself. But why should this be so? Why are we so driven, often at great cost to ourselves? No one is better qualified to answer these questions than Dr. Marc Lewis. He is a distinguished neuroscientist. And, for many years, he was a drug addict himself, dependent on a long series of dangerous substances. His narrative moves back and forth between the long, dark, ultimately triumphant story of his relationship with drugs, and a revelatory analysis of what was going on in Marc's brain. He shows how drugs speak to the brain--itself designed to seek rewards and soothe pain--in its own language. He shows in detail the different neurological effects of a variety of powerful drugs, from oxycodone to heroin, from drink to love. This is the story of his journey, seen from the inside out.

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Praise for Memoirs of an Addicted Brain
"An engrossing swirl of personal history, themes of loss and triumph, deftly rendered brain science, and clear thinking on the dilemma of addiction. Illuminating even to experts, accessibly written for all."
—Gabor Maté M.D., author of In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts

L'autore

DR. MARC LEWIS is a developmental neuroscientist and Professor of Human Development and Applied Psychology at the University of Toronto, where he has taught and conducted research since 1989. The author of over 35 journal publications in neuroscience and developmental psychology, he is at the forefront of knowledge of the emotional brain and the neural foundations of personality development. Dr. Lewis co-edited Emotion, Development, and Self-Organization: Dynamic Systems Approaches to Emotional Development (Cambridge University Press, 2000) and co-authored with his wife Isabela Granic Bed Timing (HarperCollins, 2009) which applies developmental theory to help parents get their young children to sleep through the night.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Anchor Canada
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0385669275
• ISBN 13: 9780385669276
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 320