Book announcement #2!

[@neurochallenged]

Here is a link you can use to read the Intro & Ch. 1 if you're interested: drive.google.com/file/d/1yg7tjVcPqV35XR6DWNn_wvrmJ5S3L31A/view

[@FernandoCantuLoera]

Your channel has been an amazing help for me while studying neuropsychology, it helped me to understand and memorize every important neuroscience concept. Without your great work this would have been really difficult, almost impossible! Thanks for your great work!

[@neurochallenged]

That's great to hear! I'm glad my videos have been so helpful!

[@islombekhaydaraliyev9239]

Thanks for helping and preparing for us❤

[@anastasia.2007.]

Thank you very much Marc for your website and your videos! Honestly, I consider your KZbin channel the best among the channels I am subscribed to.

[@neurochallenged]

Wow, thanks! I'm glad you like the videos!

[@Aleakwe]

thank you for your channel & output. helps me with ,y conditions. wish you the best with book & sales

[@neurochallenged]

Thanks!

[@devin8158]

Got your first book and I really enjoy it, can’t wait for this one!

[@neurochallenged]

Thanks, I hope you like this one too!

[@devin8158]

@@neurochallenged just preordered one :D

[@neurochallenged]

Awesome, thanks!!

[@sunyata_7]

This sounds like such an engrossing read - I’ve just pre-ordered it. Keep up the good work, man :)

[@neurochallenged]

Thank you so much! 😊I hope you enjoy it!

[@pzbur]

Thank you! sir, I learned a lot from your videos. I love Neuroscience ❤️ From South Asia😊

[@neurochallenged]

I'm so glad to hear that! I love neuroscience too!

[@pzbur]

@Neuroscientifically Challenged Thank you once again sir 😊

[@sandiechambers5540]

Loooved the first book!! Can't wait to get this one! 😀

[@8655JT]

Congratulations!!

[@neurochallenged]

Thanks!

[@alixzolfaghari6799]

I love your Channel. Thanks for all your hard works 🙏

[@neurochallenged]

You are very welcome! Thanks for watching my videos!

[@Tariqt4]

Good luck, exited!

[@neurochallenged]

Thank you! 😊

[@emeliaschaffer6087]

Can’t wait to read

[@drmelaniewomble2663]

would love to be able to listen to this via audible, thanks for the sample.

[@neurochallenged]

The book will be released on Audible on 6/8! www.audible.com/pd/Bizarre-Audiobook/B0BNJJX7DX

[@moiratuttle3981]

I just finished the book! I got an arc copy on netgalley and found it super interesting! I loved that you mentioned aphantasia. I have this and was hoping you would mention it. I've read many psychology books and have a minor in psychology and aphantasia is still relatively unknown. More people are finding out they have it due to seeing posts on social media describing the condition. I'm part of a Facebook group for fellow aphants. I personally developed it as a teen from trauma and depression. My coping mechanism was to think of nothing. I did that so much that I eventually really couldn't visualize anything in my mind. It especially bewilders people when I tell them I can't picture my husband's face. I also have FND/conversion disorder (diagnosed by a psychiatrist). Occasionally when I'm highly stressed my left arm will curl up and I can't move it. It can get to the point where I'm in pain from it being twisted so tightly. The episodes usually last a few hours before it will relax but I have had to miss work because of it. I look forward to reading your other book and following your channel now! I will definitely tell my fellow booksellers and the aphant community about your book!

[@neurochallenged]

Hi, I'm so glad you enjoyed the book! Yes, aphantasia is really interesting---I couldn't leave it out! Thanks for your comment 😊

[@ladybugz4839]

Wow I found it on amazom for preorder!!

[@mpras684]

Any chance of an audiobook? Thanks for your content and connecting us all with the wonders of neuroscience!

[@neurochallenged]

Yes, the audiobook is being recorded now! It should be released at the same time the book is officially published (2/7/23).

[@mpras684]

@@neurochallenged wonderful! Hi from Australia and thank you! All the very best! You deserve every success!

[@Lucyavamaria]

Hello! My eldest daughter wants to read a pop science book about neuroscience, she is 13, very smart. Do you think your first book would be suitable (any themes that maybe aren't quite appropriate) or can recommend one suitable for a young teen. Any help gratefully received.

[@neurochallenged]

Hi! Yes, my first book (Your Brain, Explained) would be suitable for her! There aren’t any inappropriate themes I can think of. My second book does have some sexual themes in one chapter when I talk about atypical sexual interests (still might be ok for a 13 year old), but nothing to worry about with the first book.

[@Lucyavamaria]

@@neurochallenged thank you very much!

[@farzein4002]

I have pre-ordered at Amazon Canada.

[@neurochallenged]

Thank you!

[@bstanis1237]

Congratulations:) Very interesting. Please, could share with me the softwares that you used for editing, format, and styling the PDF book version? I'm so interesting in that, because I'm engineer, and I want to publish book in this sort of appearances in professional way. I'll so thankful and appreciative to you. All the best to you;

[@neurochallenged]

Hi, my publisher (Nicholas Brealey Publishing) handled all of that. I wasn't responsible for formatting etc.

[@bstanis1237]

@@neurochallenged Ah ok, I understand. Please, could you ask him about that? and if he have an editable version (free from texts). I'll so thankful to you.

[@jat-cv4yy]

When will your book be available on audible?

[@jat-cv4yy]

Well I'm waiting for that to hit audible. What would be the top 3 neuroscience books you would recommend!!

[@neurochallenged]

My book should be available on Audible on the official publication date (2/7/23). As for recommendations, I just finished The Nocturnal Brain by Guy Leschziner and I thought it was very good. For an interesting approach to introductory neuroscience, I would recommend The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons by Sam Kean. And even though you asked for neuroscience recommendations, if you haven't read it I'd highly recommend A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. That might be my favorite science book of all time. :)

[@gsammyyy]

Hey Marc, can you make a video on bfrbs?

[@chromatinkiss]

This sounds interesting, but I do have a question. How do you manage to avoid ableism, if you do, and respect the individuals who exhibit these behaviors in a world where people with conditions are discriminated against? Because I see a risk of making these people look "crazy."

[@neurochallenged]

I tried to be very sensitive about this issue. The goal of the book is to help readers understand a bit more about how the brain works through the study of unusual cases and behavior, but right from the start I emphasize that all of our brains are a bit "bizarre." One of the themes of the book is how all the behavior discussed in it is part of the spectrum of human behavior---and not something we only see in these rare exceptions. I also stress from the start that I have great respect for the individual cases I discuss, who are often incredible examples of resiliency. I end the book with a plea for compassion for those who experience distress due to atypical brain function---and a suggestion that the idea of a "normal" brain is unrealistic since we all are sometimes affected by thoughts and perceptions that don't align with typical definitions of "normal." So your question was on my mind throughout writing this book, and my hope is that I wrote it in a way that would not be perceived as ableist.

[@chromatinkiss]

@@neurochallenged That's great to hear! I was thinking that such a book can easily be exploitative, putting people on display like a human zoo, rather than being informative. I have ADHD and I feel that it is unfair to be labeled as someone who has a disorder rather than explaining that having the trait is just being someone with a different neurotype. I know that there's still much to be researched on environmental effects vs genetics for "ADHD" but if we're already labelling it as a disorder from the start, I mean, no wonder I hear some university professors talk about the "risks" of acquisition of ADHD. It's disturbing when I hear people in academia or scientists use such discriminating words. So I'm glad you were being sensitive when writing the book.

[@NoNonsense_01]

Congrats on your book. But I do wonder why a book can't be an exposition of facts. A brain disorder is not merely a spectrum of human behaviour, it is sometimes a debilitating mental illness. The original commentator is chafed at ADHD being termed a disorder, which it is. Normalizing disorders is harmful because it may impede people from finding a cure. Scientific facts must not be held hostage to feelings.

[@pittaparamathmudu2735]

@@chromatinkiss Be happy with what you have is what i will say everyone has their own problems and somethings are just gifts, maybe you are even better than some people understand bro, imagine a person who is suffering from locked in syndrome he can see he can feel everything but he cant speak cant move, so be happy with what God gave you, this book doesn't mean to critisize others it is all about understanding God created Brain thats it.

[@andrealepitkova6099]

Can we include ""methaphisik" or Spiritualy

[@mariogaffuri535]

Oliver Sacks would be proud

[@neurochallenged]

I hope so! This book was definitely influenced by Sacks; I reread several of his books to prepare for writing this one.

[@bentownsend4017]

might just be the American accent but I always thought you were a student by your voice

[@neurochallenged]

Nope, I'm actually a prof at Penn State :)

[@subhanishaik9885]

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