Changeable Brain

- Breaking down how over 20 cases of exceptional brain injuries lead to greater understanding of how the mind works
- With the readability of a Malcolm Gladwell book, each chapter shares a story of a brain injury, the behavioural consequences for the person, and what scientists learned about brain function
- From the well-known story of railway foreman Phineas Gage's personality change following an iron rod through the brain to lesser known stories outside neuroscience textbooks, such as a Englishwoman who lost her ability to recognize faces after hitting her head or the sufferer of the rare Urbach-Wiethe genetic condition who was unable to experience fear
- For the curious reader who wants a readable, fascinating overview of the evolution in understanding of how the mind works
- Author is a cognitive neuroscientist, who is currently Vice-Dean and Professor of Psychology at University of Saskatchewan

Lorin J. Elias is a professor of psychology at the University of Saskatchewan. He completed his Ph.D. in behavioural neuroscience at the University of Waterloo and has been studying the brain for over twenty-five years. He is the author of Side Effects: How Left-Brain Right-Brain Differences Shape Everyday Behaviour and his research has been featured in popular newspapers and magazines around the world. Lorin lives in Saskatoon, SK.