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Brains That Work A Little Bit Differently: Recent Discoveries About Common Brain Diversities
Brains That Work A Little Bit Differently Recent Discoveries About Common Brain Diversities
Author: Allen D. Bragdon, David Gamon
What do left-handedness, Attention Deficit Disorder, and autism have in common?  In what way is alcoholism similar to a perfect pitch?  Each of  these common conditions is the result of relatively minor variations in the standard blueprint that has evolved for the human brain.  The causes and consequences of these differences...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780760738962
ISBN-10: 0760738963
Publication Date: 2005
Pages: 125
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Publisher: Barnes and Noble
Book Type: Hardcover
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reviewed Brains That Work A Little Bit Differently: Recent Discoveries About Common Brain Diversities on + 11 more book reviews
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You won't, of course, expect this slim volume to offer "all there is to know" about attention deficit and hyperactivity, alcoholism, autism, deja vu, dyslexia, handedness (and what makes "lefties" different), perfect pitch, photographic memory, seasonal affective disorder, or synsthesia -- but it does give an interesting overview of all these topics, with some interesting tidbits you may not have known about them.

A chapter is devoted to each of the "brain differences" mentioned above, and within each chapter a sort of question-and-answer format breaks the info up into easily-manageable sections. Good for a sit-down-and-read-straight-through read or just to pick up and read a bit now and then. Includes some individual cases and some clinical research data. Overall, the information still seems to be fairly accurate, though the publication date is 2000.
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Explains Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Alcoholism, Autism, Deja Vu, Dyslexia, Handedness, Perfect Pitch, Photographic Memory, Seasonal Affective Disorder, and Synesthesia.
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