No, I'm not referring to what in published neuroscience journals, rather I'm referring to a new novel by NYU's E. L. Doctorow that is titled "Andrew's Brain". A review of the book is online and will be in the Sunday book review; see: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/books/review/andrews-brain-by-e-l-doctorow.html?nl=books&emc=edit_bk_20140110
The reviewer is not a neuroscientist, so, the perspective appears to be that of literary criticism and history. The reviewer puts the novel into literary context but provides little info about whether Doctorow gets the neuroscience/psychology right or he uses "poetic truth" for the neuroscience/psychology (i.e., he makes it up). I have not met Doctorow and we travel in different circles on campus. However, I wonder if he has had contact with folks over in NYU's Center for Neural Science (CNS -- get it ;-). Joe LeDoux is perhaps the most popularly know person there but there are other neuroscience heavyweights in CNS who are less well known by the general public but have greater status in the field (CNS also has its flakes but I digress). I wonder if Doctorow spoke to any of them. Well, I'm looking forward to reading Doctorow's book as well as seeing what neuroscientists have to say. If anyone sees a review by a neuroscientist, I'd appreciate directions to it. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=32600 or send a blank email to leave-32600-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
