Horror on the Brain (Paperback)

Austin Lim

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Editore: Globe Pequot Press, Old Saybrook, 2025

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Paperback. Curiosity drives humanity to wade through the unknown, often leading to unforeseeable consequences. Scientists throughout centuries have mined these depths looking for and finding answers to lifes most mysterious questions, but perhaps the most memorable accounts of hidden dimensions have been left to us by science fiction writers like Philip K. Dick and Ursula K. Le Guin. When science discovers, science fiction writers ask whats next? Horror on the Brain reveals the real science and psychology behind science fictions most iconic characters, from Mary Shelleys Dr. Frankenstein to the doctors of H.P. Lovecraft and even todays horror blockbusters like Stranger Things and The Last of Us. In this fascinating exploration of fear and madness, neuroscientist Dr. Austin Lim recounts psychologys most bizarre and haunting real-life cases alongside famous speculative fiction that stretched that science to the edge. In 1924, Hans Berger invented the EEG, a commonly used brain imaging device, as a means to telepathically communicate with his sister, eerily similar to the protagonist in H.P. Lovecrafts Beyond the Wall of Sleep, while Nobel Prize-winning research on marine animals in the 1960s reflects the concepts of his At the Mountains of Madness. Phineas Gage, the 19th century man who experienced a dramatic personality shift following a traumatic brain injury, liked his experience to that of Gregor Samsa from Franz Kafkas Metamorphosis. Investigate the neurological causes of schizophrenia and how characters in Sheridan Le Fanus story In a Glass Darkly manifest the diagnosis. Neurological conditions from sleepwalking to the Cotard delusion which leads patients to believe they are dead, even going to such extremes as burying themselves alive have provided the basis for horror stories since their discovery, and, likewise, the wildly imaginative minds of writers have even prompted scientific research. Horror on the Brain uses illuminating analogies to connect science fact and science fiction, showing how spooky stories contain insights into the dark corners of the human mind and why we cant stop looking into the abyss. In this fascinating exploration of fear and madness, neuroscientist Dr. Austin Lim recounts psychologys most bizarre and haunting real-life cases alongside famous speculative fiction that stretched that science to the edge. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Titolo
Horror on the Brain (Paperback)
Autore
Austin Lim
Editore
Globe Pequot Press, Old Saybrook
Anno di pubblicazione
2025
Condizione
new
Rilegatura
Paperback
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
149308478X
ISBN 13
9781493084784

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