Barbara Sahakian: 2 books
Bad Moves
How decision making goes wrong, and the ethics of smart drugs
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
Making decisions is such a regular activity that it is mostly taken for granted. However, damage or abnormality in the areas of the brain involved in decision-making can severely affect personality and the ability to manage even simple tasks. Here, Barbara Sahakian and Jamie Nicole LaBuzetta discuss...
Sex, Lies, and Brain Scans
How fMRI reveals what really goes on in our minds
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
The recent explosion of neuroscience techniques has proved to be game changing in terms of understanding the healthy brain, and in the development of neuropsychiatric treatments. One of the key techniques available to us is functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which allows us to examine the...