Horror on the Brain: The Neuroscience Behind Science Fiction
Horror on the Brain: The Neuroscience Behind Science Fiction
Horror on the Brain: The Neuroscience Behind Science Fiction
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Description
In this fascinating exploration of fear and madness, neuroscientist Dr. Austin Lim recounts psychology's most bizarre and haunting real-life cases alongside famous speculative fiction that stretched that science to the edge.
About the Author
About the Author
Austin Lim, PhD is a neuroscientist and lecturing professor at DePaul University, where he offers a course called "The Brain through Science Fiction," an exploration into how science fiction authors have used the popular scientific advances of their time to inspire their creative works. His work has appeared in Scientific American, U.S. News and World Report, and many others. He is the author of the open-source introductory level neuroscience textbook Open Neuroscience Initiative, which has been adopted by faculty from more than 30 universities or colleges around the world since its completion in mid-2021.
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