A provocative exploration of the mysteries of the human mind, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat is a million-copy bestseller by the twentieth century's greatest neurologist. If inconceivably strange, these brilliant tales illuminate what it means to be human. Here are people who can no longer recognize everyday objects or those they love who are stricken with violent tics or shout involuntary obscenities who have been dismissed as autistic or retarded, yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical talents. Oliver Sacks recounts the stories of patients struggling to adapt to often bizarre worlds of neurological disorder. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: And Other Clinical Tales Kindle Edition by Oliver Sacks (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 4.4 4. Novem glasshalftrue The title of this book sounds like a clickbait headline, but it’s entirely accurate: The first of the 24 case studies of neurological disorders in this book does indeed describe a man who mistakes his wife for a hat, even pulling on her head in attempt to put her on. If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye but if he has lost a self - himself - he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it. With an introduction by Will Self A classic work of psychology, this international bestseller provides a groundbreaking insight into the human mind.
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