"Science." . . . . "PSYCHOLOGY Neuropsychology." . . "MEDICAL Neuroscience." . . "Popular works"@en . "Popular works" . . . . . . "When journalist Dennis Cass was nineteen years old his stepfather, Bill, suffered from a psychotic break. Cass tried to commit him to a mental institution only to watch Bill escape from a cab en route to a Harlem hospital and run raving down the streets of Manhattan. Some fifteen years later, a bout of writer's block turned Cass's thoughts toward the brain. A complete stranger to science, Cass immersed himself in the world of neuroscience, subjecting himself to brain scans, psychological tests, and scientific conferences, as he attempted to gain a better understanding of ADHD, anxiety, stress, motivation and reward, and consciousness. Then things got a little weird. What began as a more clinical effort to understand himself soon became a personal and emotional journey into the fragile, mysterious workings of the mind and the self. Head Case is a charming, hilarious, and at times harrowing memoir of scientific experimentation. It's a story of science and society, of fathers and sons, and of how the past lives on in the present. Along the way the book asks timeless questions: What do we know about ourselves' What can we know about ourselves' And how much self-knowledge can a single person handle'"@en . "Head case"@en . . "Head case how I almost lost my mind trying to understand my brain"@en . . "Head Case : How I Almost Lost My Mind Trying to Understand My Brain" . . . "A lighthearted analysis of neuroscience follows the author's submission to a series of tests, an experiment during which he learns about the intricacies of human fear, anxiety, and consciousness while remembering his family struggles with depression and addiction." . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . . . . "Head case : how I almost lost my mind trying to understand my brain" . "Head case : how I almost lost my mind trying to understand my brain"@en . "SCIENCE / General." . .