Into the Gray Zone: A Neuroscientist Explores the Border Between Life and Death
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (786 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1501135201 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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It is about what these fascinating borderlands between life and death have taught us about being human.. In this startling and thought-provoking book, which will remind readers of works by Oliver Sacks and Atul Gawande, a world-renowned neuroscientist reveals his controversial, groundbreaking work with patients whose brains were previously thought vegetative or non-responsive but turn out—in up to 20 percent of cases—to be vibrantly alive, existing in the “Gray Zone.”Into the Gray Zone takes readers to the edge of a dazzling, humbling frontier in our understanding of the brain: the so-called “gray zone” between full consciousness and brain death. But a sizeable number are experiencing something different: intact minds adrift deep within damaged brains and bodies. Scientists, physicians, and philosophers have only just begun to grapple with the implications.Following Owen’s journey of exciting medical discovery, Intothe Gray Zone a
David Wineberg said Stunning Achievement. There are endless ways to damage ourselves. There are endless ways to damage our brains, possibly the most frightening condition of all. Because We Are Our Brains – our awareness, our consciousness, our personalities. In The Gray Zone examines those minds trapped in their unmoving bodies, still able to observe, retain and exist. But on the outside, no one knows that. Without intending to, neuroscientist Adrian Owen has spent a lifetime discovering how to penetrate those immobile presences, and actually communicate with some of them. It is a very upbeat voyage of discovery, emotionally tol. An excellent read I received a free electronic copy of this book from Netgalley, Adrian Owen, and Scribner in exchange for an honest review. Thank you all, for sharing your hard work with me.Adrian Owen outlines and details his work with patients suffering neurological damage due to accident or illness over the last 29 years, the equipment and processes used to recognize consciousness in those persons diagnosed as being in a vegetative state. This was a hard book to read. In our world we get used to happily-ever-after. We see it in our books and our films, those adult fairy tales that carry the day.Every inch of. Excellent and heartfelt read that explores the resilience of the human brain Cemile Guldal Into The Gray Zone by Adrian Owen is a captivating account of research about the non-physical existence of people who have no means of using movement or their bodies to communicate with the outside world.The book is perfectly written and paced for the lay audience, explaining thought processes, concepts, and technical advances in enough detail to bring clarity, but not too much to drag down the exciting findings and emotional ups and downs of the impact the research has on the researchers, patients, and patients' families (as well as the greater world out there). The book explains the advances
Adrian Owen is currently the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience and imaging at The Brain and Mind Institute, Western University, Canada. . Among the media outlets that have featured Adrian’s research are The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, Nature, The Lancet, Science, and The New England Journal of
Time and again we are taken to the edge of our seats, reflecting on what it means to be alive and how hope can triumph in the most tragic of circumstances."—Richard Wiseman, bestselling author of The Luck Factor and 59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot"An amazing book that challengs basic assumptions about what it means to be a person! What's on display here is a curious branch of brain research that is both fascinating and, frankly, terrifying. "Riveting and strangely uplifting the testimonies of people who