{"product_id":"conexiones","title":"Connections","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn elegant and empathetic account that traces the origins of our emotions through fascinating clinical case studies.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarl Deisseroth has dedicated his life to understanding the mind and is one of the few neurologists who is also a practicing psychiatrist. This combination leads to an extremely original approach that seeks the biological basis of mental illnesses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBased on cutting-edge research and experience with his own patients, he narrates, with deep empathy, the grand story of the origins of human emotions. Thus, the case of a young woman with an eating disorder explains how the mind can rebel against such primitive impulses as hunger and thirst; that of an elderly man, overwhelmed by depression and dementia, shows how humans evolved to feel not only joy, but also its absence; and that of a lonely Uighur woman, far from her homeland, reveals the importance and challenges of social bonds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA work that transforms what we know about ourselves and vividly illustrates, through human stories—always essential—our search for connection and meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Recalls Oliver Sacks' cases and the broad scope of \u003ci\u003eSapiens\u003c\/i\u003e. He writes with true love for words, but also with a clear line of scientific inquiry.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A brilliant and moving analysis of the human brain and emotions. A great read.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Achieves the difficult feat of moving and illuminating the reader at the same time. A beautiful book to read and packed with cutting-edge science.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A perceptive psychiatrist and a fascinating writer who wonderfully connects the inner feelings of all human beings with the profound insights of modern psychiatry and neuroscience.\"\u003cbr\u003eRobert Lefkowitz, Nobel laureate\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Deisseroth writes about heartbreaking and desperate clinical cases with the insights of a physician and the narrative skill of a novelist. I was fascinated; I couldn't put it down.\"\u003cbr\u003eMay-Britt Moser, Nobel laureate\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An impressive writer. This book is a \u003ci\u003etour de force\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003eAbraham Verghese, author of \u003ci\u003eCutting for Stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Poetic, mind-blowing, and profoundly human from beginning to end.\"\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Levitin, author of \u003ci\u003eThis Is Your Brain on Music\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karl Deisseroth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43536020832504,"sku":"9788417636708","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/4897\/5608\/products\/conexiones-deisseroth-karl-412866.jpg?v=1696464808","url":"https:\/\/ellector.com.pa\/es\/products\/conexiones","provider":"Librerías El Lector Panamá","version":"1.0","type":"link"}