Into the Gray Zone: A Neuroscientist Explores the Border Between Life and Death
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (860 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1501135201 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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People in this middle place have sustained traumatic brain injuries or are the victims of stroke or degenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Many are oblivious to the outside world, and their doctors believe they are incapable of thought. 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. It is about what these fascinating borderlands between life and death have taught us about being human.. An expert in the field, Adrian Owen led a team that, in 2006, discovered this lost population and made medical history. Scientists, physicians, and philosophers have only just begun
Though their experiences are disturbing, Into the Gray Zone provides an uplifting testament to the power of scientific curiosity and the extraordinary resilience of the human spirit. This book delivers an eloquent message: even in the most desperate circumstances, there can be hope."—Roger Highfield, former editor of New Scientist and coauthor of SuperCooperators and The Arrow of Time"Taking my evening bath while dipping into the opening pages of Into the Gray Zone, I finished three hours later, with the water cold. The book is simply unputdownable. Owen deftly knits these two strands together to raise fascinating ethical questions about human identity and value. It's a riveting read, from the march of technology and tests for neural responses—such as imagining playing a game of tennis—to extraordinary personal accounts of the 'gray zone' by par
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 Medicine. He has spent the last twenty years pioneering breakthroughs in cognitive neuroscience. . Adrian Owen is currently the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience and imaging at The Brain and Mind Institute, Western University, Canada. A resident
"Stunning Achievement" according to David Wineberg. 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. "An excellent read" according to Bonnye Reed Fry. 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 b. 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' famili