Poe's Heart and the Mountain Climber Exploring the Effect of Anxiety on Our Brains and Our Culture
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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Three Rivers Press (November 22 2005)
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Read an ExcerptChapter 1: Our Anxious Culture: Triggers for Anxiety
Unfortunately, our brain isn't very proficient at probability estimation. Take an airplane phobia, for instance. Untold numbers of people suffer from a fear of flying, an anxiety condition that can range from the mildly discomfiting to the totally Chapter 1: Our Anxious Culture: Triggers for Anxiety
Unfortunately, our brain isn't very proficient at probability estimation. Take an airplane phobia, for instance. Untold numbers of people suffer from a fear of flying, an anxiety condition that can range from the mildly discomfiting to the totally Chapter 1: Our Anxious Culture: Triggers for Anxiety
Unfortunately, our brain isn't very proficient at probability estimation. Take an airplane phobia, for instance. Untold numbers of people suffer from a fear of flying, an anxiety condition that can range from the mildly discomfiting to the totally
About the Author  Richard M. Restak, M.D.
Richard Restak, M.D., clinical professor of neurology at George Washington University Medical Center, is the author of Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot and several companion books to PBS specials on the brain. An authority on brain research, he has appeared on Today, Good Morning America, All Things Considered, and the Diccovery Channel.. » More by Richard M. Restak, M.D.
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