Memoirs of an Addicted Brain - A Neuroscientist Examines His Former Life on Drugs

Informationen zum Autor Marc Lewis, PhD, is a neuroscientist and professor of developmental psychology. Now at Radboud University in the Netherlands, he taught for more than twenty years at the University of Toronto. He has authored or coauthored more than fifty journal articles in neuroscience and developmental psychology. Presently, he speaks and blogs on topics in addiction science, and his critically acclaimed book, Memoirs of an Addicted Brain: A Neuroscientist Examines His Former Life on Drugs, is the first to blend memoir and science in addiction studies. Klappentext In this unique personal narrative, told with courage, candour and wit, a neuroscientist examines his former life on drugs. "The most original and illuminating addiction memoir since Thomas De Quincey's seminal Confessions of an Opium Eater. . . An electrifying debut." -The Fix Zusammenfassung "The most original and illuminating addiction memoir since Thomas De Quincey's seminal Confessions of an Opium Eater. . . An electrifying debut." -The Fix

Product details

• Authors: Marc Lewis
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.03.2013
• EAN: 9781610392334
• ISBN: 978-1-61039-233-4
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 230 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Addiction