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Oliver Sacks: Vad hallucinationer avslöjar om våra hjärnor

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Neurologen och författaren Oliver Sacks uppmärksammar oss på Charles Bonnet-syndrom - när människor med synnedsättningar upplever verklighetstrogna hallucinationer. Han beskriver patienters upplevelser på ett hjärtevärmande sätt och tar oss genom biologin i detta ouppmärksammade fenomen.

Since Awakenings first stormed the bestseller lists (and the silver screen), Oliver Sacks has become an unlikely household name, single-handedly inventing the genre of neurological anthropology. Full bio »

Translated into Swedish by Lisbeth Pekkari
Reviewed by Mikael Aldestam
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