Seized: Temporal Lobe Epilepsy as a Medical, Historical, and Artistic Phenomenon - Softcover

LaPlante, Eve

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9780595094318: Seized: Temporal Lobe Epilepsy as a Medical, Historical, and Artistic Phenomenon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595094317 ISBN 13: 9780595094318

Publisher: iUniverse, 2000

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"Fascinating account of medical research...LaPlante shows how a brain scar may cause bizarre aggressive or sexual behavior-and works of profound creative imagination."

-Howard Gardner

"Readers intrigued by Oliver Sacks' Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat will welcome LaPlante's book...Thoughtful...Highly recommended."

-Library Journal

"LaPlante's descriptions of the human brain are wonderfully concrete, and her empathy for epilepsy's victims is clear."

-Kirkus Review

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Review:

“A major study . . . The implications for psychiatry are staggering.” —Publishers Weekly

“Fascinating . . . LaPlante’s descriptions of the human brain are wonderfully concrete, and her empathy for TLE’s victims is clear.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Thoughtful . . . Highly recommended.” —Library Journal (starred review)

“Lucid . . . Raises important questions and illustrates how difficult is the understanding of human creativity . . . Four stars.” —Los Angeles Times

“LaPlante show how a brain scar may cause bizarre aggressive or sexual behavior—and works of profound creative imagination.” —Howard Gardner

“Presents complex medical issues in the language of the lay person.” —EpilepsyUSA
“Compelling . . . Engrossing . . . Intriguing.” —Neurology Bulletin

“Recommended for all who seek to explore the mysteries of how the brain and mind interact.” —American Medical Writers Association

“My patients can’t get enough of Seized.” —Physician in New Jersey

“A wonderful book that I use in teaching and public speaking.” —Nurse in California

Readers with epilepsy comment . . .
“The book I needed to read—profound, brilliant, a great comfort.” —California

“After reading Seized I don’t feel alone anymore.” —Mississippi

“Once I started reading Seized I couldn’t put it down. It was like seeing myself, everything explained so clearly.” —Missouri

“Words cannot express how gratified I am to have discovered this wonderful book.” —California

“Seized helped me understand and name my disease. Until now I was afraid I was going crazy. Thank you!” —Georgia

“Superb. . . . The best explanation of TLE I’ve seen . . . TLE is so often overlooked and its victims misdiagnosed; I hope Seized can change that.” —New Jersey

“This book has been my bible ever since my son was diagnosed with epilepsy.” —Trinidad

About the Author:

Eve LaPlante has degrees from Princeton and Harvard. She has written for The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, Ladies' Home Journal, Working Woman, Parents, Country Living, and many other publications. She is also the author of American Jezebel: The Uncommon Life of Anne Hutchinson, the Woman who defied the Puritans (Harper, 2004).

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