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Half a Brain Is Enough

The Story of Nico

Half a Brain Is Enough( )
Author: Battro, Antonio M.
Contribution by: Butterworth, George
Hatano, Giyoo
Fischer, Kurt W.
Greenfield, Patricia M.
Harris, Paul
Stern, Daniel
Series title:Cambridge Studies in Cognitive and Perceptual Development Ser.
ISBN:978-0-521-03111-0
Publication Date:Nov 2006
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $29.99
Book Description:

Half A Brain Is Enough is the story of Nico, who at the age of three was given a right hemispherectomy. Antonio Battro charts Nico's 'neuroeducation' with humour and compassion in an intriguing book, part case history, part meditation on the nature of consciousness and the brain, and part manifesto.

Book Details
Pages:136
Detailed Subjects: Medical / Surgery / Neurosurgery
Computers / Information Technology
Psychology / Neuropsychology
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.928 x 8.892 x 0.351 Inches
Book Weight:0.473 Pounds
Author Biography
Battro, Antonio M. (Author)
Daniel Stern is the author of nine novels, and three other story collections. In 1990 Stern's Twice Told Tales won the Rosenthal Foundation Award given by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He's been at various times in his working life a professional cellist, a professor at Wesleyan University, head of advertising for Warner Bros. Motion Pictures and for CBS Entertainment, and director of humanities at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. He is currently Cullen Distinguished Professor English in the creative writing program at the University of Houston.

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