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Bizarre : the most peculiar cases of human behavior and what they tell us about how the brain works / Marc Dingman.

by Dingman, Marc.

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Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2023.

Abnormalities, Human -- Psychological aspects.

Physiology, Pathological.

Brain -- Research.

9781399801201 (pbk.)

x, 239 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

"The human brain is an impossibly complex and delicate instrument - capable of extraordinary calculations, abundant creativity and linguistic dexterity. But the brain is not just the most brilliant of evolutionary wonders. It's also one of the most bizarre. This book shows a whole other side of how brains work -- from the patient who is afraid to take a shower because she fears her body will slip down the drain to a man who is convinced, against all evidence, that he is a cat and a woman who compulsively snacks on cigarette ashes. (...)"--Back cover.

Marc Dingman received his Ph.D. in neuroscience in 2013 from the Pennsylvania State University. Since then, he has been a faculty member in the Biobehavioral Health Department at the Pennsylvania State University, where teaches courses in neuroscience and the health sciences. He received the Teaching Excellence Award from the College of Health and Human Development in each of the past four years, the Health and Human Development Alumni Society Excellence in Teaching Award in 2017, and the Biobehavioral Health Outstanding Teaching Award in 2015.

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