Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole review – fascinating tales about the brain

Neurologist Allan Ropper’s journeys into the brain illuminate the number of strange ways it can go wrong

The brain, that eternally mysterious blancmange of grey matter, has become very fashionable these days. That may seem a curious observation, given that our brains have always been at the centre of everything we think and do. But there does seem to be a growing popular interest in all things neurological.

Neuroscience has laid siege to the humanities in recent years, as philosophy and other disciplines have had to fight a rearguard battle against the rising new verities of brain circuitry.

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