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Most of what has been learned about how the brain mediates behavior comes from experiments of nature where a stroke or other damage to the brain produces changes in a person's behavior. In Matter of Mind, one of the leading figures in behavioral and cognitive neurology uses patient vignettes and other examples from his rich professional life to show just how much knowledge about brain functions such as reading, writing, language, control of emotions, skilled movement, perception, attention, and motivation has been gained from the study of patients with diseases of or damage to the brain. No knowledge of neurology or neuroscience is required to understand the book, which is intended for neurological patients and their families. It will also be of interest to professionals who study the brain or treat patients with brain damage including neuropsychologists, neurologists, neuroscientists, psychologists, physiatrists, speech pathologists, occupational and physical therapists, and their students and trainees.

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Concepts like abulia, akinesia, and impersistence are discussed with excellent explanations of the neuropathology underlying each of these conditions. As expected, emphasis was on the role of frontal lobes. Like the other chapters, the clinical vignettes made for the most interesting reading. --JINS For those fascinated by neurobehavioral syndromes and how the disorder mind can be understood from intensive observation and experimental deduction...'Matter of Mind' offers an important perspective...Dr. Heilman's book is an adventurous romp through the modern history of behavioral neurology --Neurology Today I've just been through it with my students and post-docs; they were all enthralled, as was I. We'll now be using the book to teach neuropsychologists and medics... --Professor J. Driver, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London ...the book contains well integrated, current, clinically relevant information about higher cortical function. The schematic diagrams with their corresponding legends are particularly useful teaching tools for trainees. --Doody's ...a good refresher and useful reference book for established practitioners. --British Journal of Neurosurgery For those fascinated by neurobehavioral syndromes and how the disorder mind can be understood from intensive observation and experimental deduction...'Matter of Mind' offers an important perspective...Dr. Heilman's book is an adventurous romp through the modern history of behavioral neurology --Neurology Today Concepts like abulia, akinesia, and impersistence are discussed with excellent explanations of the neuropathology underlying each of these conditions. As expected, emphasis was on the role of frontal lobes. Like the other chapters, the clinical vignettes made for the most interesting reading. --JINS ...an adventurous romp through the modern history of behavioral neurology, viewed through the eyes of a protagonist who contributed substantially to its shaping...Dr. Heilman's vivacious narrative style permeates the anecdotes...I have placed my copy between the Oliver Sacks book, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, and MacDonald Critchley's The Parietal Lobes. Within easy reach, I can pull it off the shelf when a medical student, interest piqued by a patient with an unusual right hemisphere syndrome, wants to learn more. --Randolph S. Marshall, MD in Neurology Today

For those fascinated by neurobehavioural syndromes and how the disordered mind can be understood from intensive observation and experimental deduction ... [this book] offers an important perspective ... an adventurous romp through the modern history of behavioural neurology ... fosters an appreciation for the intricacies and subtlety of brain-behaviour relationships. The information is presented in a way a layperson can understand, and a neurologist, young or mature, can relish. Neurology Today This is a book intended for general public readership. It is surely going to be enjoyed by readers with interest in how the brain works and, specifically, in the relationship between brain and mind, even if they do not have a specific knowledge in neurology. The book is timely, trying to fill up some of the remaining gaps in the ever-growing scientific study of behaviour, emotions, cognition, and other similar human brain mediated functions ... It is well written in an easy-to-read conversational tone that makes the very complex mind matters understandable, and attractive, to the non-specialized reader. Clinical Neurophysiology, 114

For those fascinated by neurobehavioural syndromes and how the disordered mind can be understood from intensive observation and experimental deduction ... [this book] offers an important perspective ... an adventurous romp through the modern history of behavioural neurology ... fosters an appreciation for the intricacies and subtlety of brain-behaviour relationships. The information is presented in a way a layperson can understand, and a neurologist, young or mature, can relish. Neurology Today This is a book intended for general public readership. It is surely going to be enjoyed by readers with interest in how the brain works and, specifically, in the relationship between brain and mind, even if they do not have a specific knowledge in neurology. The book is timely, trying to fill up some of the remaining gaps in the ever-growing scientific study of behaviour, emotions, cognition, and other similar human brain mediated functions ... It is well written in an easy-to-read conversational tone that makes the very complex mind matters understandable, and attractive, to the non-specialized reader. Clinical Neurophysiology, 114

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