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The Other Side Of Normal: How Biology Is Providing The Clues To Unlock The Secrets Of Normal And Abnormal Behavior (2012)

by Jordan Smoller(Favorite Author)

3.86 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0061492191 (ISBN13: 9780061492198)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

William Morrow

review 1: This book served as a nice update for me, since so much in psychology research and treatment has changed since I had AP Psych more than ten years ago. The writing is good, but waxes more technical than most laypersons' science writing. I hate to admit it, but my attention flagged during the nitty gritty parts. It's sad because this really is an area of interest for me, but in my defense, I was reading it in bed after long days. Look for extended babbling about this on The Blue Bookcase next week.
review 2: Its a interesting book on why we do what we do. It's another bookon how we are programed is the base for our actions. Free will is anillusion and every aspect of self seems to depend on what you're wiredfor. There are coupe of books that point this out ... morelike "The Invisble Gorilla" and "The Believing Brain". This one goes into epegentics and off and on switches in our genome that make us who we are. I will look forward to his next book less

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