All In The Mind

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Inspiring and transformational stories from the forefront of brain science -- from the popular ABC Radio program and podcast Understanding the human mind remains one of the most alluring challenges we face. Now pioneering investigations and technologies are enabling science to gain new insights into the complexity of the brain, its ability to change and adapt, and the connections between its biology and the mind, individual experience and behaviour. Drawing on this research as well as interviews with neuroscientists, psychiatrists, psychologists and the people they help, science journalist Lynne Malcolm takes us on a fascinating journey to discover how this new knowledge is not only changing the way we understand the brain but is also changing lives. Alongside stories about consciousness and perception, sleep, dreaming and hallucinations; of memory, identity, creativity and the mind-body connection; and of mental illness and recovery, are powerful personal tales of healing and transformation that offer hope to millions. Illuminating and inspiring, All In the Mind will change the way you think about the brain, the mind and our inherent potential.

Lynne Malcolm is a science journalist and broadcaster with a deep passion and fascination for people, their behaviour and the workings of the human mind. For nine years, she produced and presented the hugely popular ABC radio program and podcast All in the Mind, in which she explored a range of topics including neuroscience, psychiatry, psychology, cognitive science, mental health and human behaviour. All In the Mind is one of the most downloaded ABC podcasts in Australia and internationally. Lynne has received numerous media awards and contributes to media award judging panels, including the Australian Museum's Eureka Awards and the Mental Health Service of Australia and New Zealand media awards. She continues to write, podcast and communicate about the topics she's inspired by. All In the Mind is her first book. She lives in Sydney.