The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

Truant Mail The first I ever heard about the University of Alabama’s Neuroscience program was from a letter a woman I barely knew claimed was mine. This letter (Sent after a 2012 Big 10 Expo) had fallen into the wrong hands, thanks to the mailman and had travelled great distances from mailbox F to mailbox G. Serendipity I thought, after warily accepting my truant mail (lest it was another bill), as said letter offered a unique program tailored to fit my interests before my search for graduate…

been the struggle of protagonists in multiple books and movies, some of which you've probably heard of. This allows people in modern society to better understand a disorder that can cause much confusion in someone’s life. Thanks to numerous people who have this disorder, and want to make it…

I love reading and recently finished The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks in which I was introduced to the brain and the many ways it can malfunction. I also relax by playing and listening to music and I am currently working towards achieving Grade 8 in Piano and Grade 3 in Harp. I was a member…

In addition, Luton Central Library provided me with the opportunity to get myself familiar with some psychological literature from different areas of the field, including classics like „The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat“ by Oliver Sacks and „Theories of Developmental Psychology“ by Patricia H. Miller, but also pieces like „The Power Of Habit“ by Charles Duhigg, discovering the brain functions behind habit loops, and applying it to occupational psychology…

well as individuality. He refers to proprioception as “The fundamental organic mooring of identity”. Meaning that without the ability to feel and recognize our bodies as our own, we no longer have any security in who we are and what we are capable of doing. Charles Cooley is well known for his theory of The Looking Glass Self, which hypothesizes that people often see themselves the way that they believe others are perceiving them. With such hidden disorders, often people are insensitive and…

is stating that those who are mad may be as sane as they come, and it might just be the sane people who are truly mad. What is most unfortunate is that those who administer the diagnosis of madness are respectable doctors, whose words are of high importance. Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” illustrates a life of a woman who once thought she was sane, but through the observations of her husband was told she was unwell. Her husband, John, is a well known, intelligent doctor, who knows what he is…

impacts people in nursing homes with Dementia. The journey of Dan Cohen, as he tries to bring the joy of music to as many people as he can, is recorded by the talented Michael Rossato-Bennett, who travels with him since the first day they met. Dan goes to different Nursing Homes to try and help elders remember who they once were and become one with themselves again. Patients with severe Dementia are featured and you can see the change brought by music immediately, something that had not been…