Helen Thomson

British science journalist and author of 'Unthinkable: An Extraordinary Journey Through the World's Strangest Brains,' known for writing on neuroscience and psychology.

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  1. 1. Unthinkable

    An Extraordinary Journey Through the World's Strangest Brains

    A vivid tour of rare neurological conditions, told through intimate portraits of people whose unusual perceptions, memories, emotions, and senses challenge what we consider normal. Blending storytelling with accessible science, it shows how extremes such as synesthesia, mirror-touch, hypermemory, delusions, and out-of-body experiences illuminate the mechanisms behind identity and consciousness, offering a compassionate, eye-opening look at the mind’s astonishing variability.

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