Mirror Touch - Notes from a Doctor Who Can Feel Your Pain (Paperback)

In this "rich, fascinating portrait of extraordinary sensory awareness" (Kirkus), acclaimed neurologist Joel Salinas, M.D., tells his amazing true story of living and practicing medicine with mirror-touch synesthesia, a rare neurological trait that allows him to literally feel the emotional and physical experiences of other people. From the corridors of Massachusetts General to his personal life, Salinas offers readers remarkable insights about his trait, its gifts, and its often unforgiving complications, and teaches us how our brain, in all its wonder, continues to offer limitless possibilities for compassion and human potential. Beautifully written and wholly original, Mirror Touch is a moving account of an exceptional mind that challenges our understanding of what it means to be human-everything it means to think, to feel, and to be.

General

Imprint:	HarperOne
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2018
Authors:	Joel Salinas
Dimensions:	203 x 134 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	307
ISBN-13:	978-0-06-245861-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Physiological & neuro-psychology Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Neurology & clinical neurophysiology Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Coping with personal problems > Coping with illness Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-06-245861-2
Barcode:	9780062458612

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