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These answers and scores more fill Dr. Stephen Juan's fascinating and endlessly entertaining book The Odd Brain. Following up his popular first book, The Odd Body, Dr. Juan takes us on an animated tour of the enigmatic organ that sits on top of them all.
Equal parts scholarly professor¿he teaches at the University of Sydney¿cultural detective, and theater of oddities tour guide, Dr. Juan explores bizarre brain disorders and the normal-but-still-weird brain phenomena that we all occasionally experience (like d©j vu). Through it all, Dr. Juan pulls off the nifty trick of making the clinical both clear and entertaining.
Each chapter is packed with real-life anecdotes and case studies. These include the Criminal Brain, the Savant Brain, the Shy Brain, the Suicidal Brain, the Thrill-Seeking Brain, the Obsessive-Compulsive Brain, and more than 20 others.
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Dr. Stephen Juan, "the wizard of odds," is a behavioral scientist, educator, journalist, and author. He is best known in Australia for his popular and award-winning newspaper and magazine articles and his entertaining and informative TV and radio presentations. He is an anthropologist by training and teaches at the University of Sydney. He divides his time between homes in Sydney, Canberra, and California.
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