Eric R. Kandel

Eric R. Kandel is an Austrian-American neuroscientist and Nobel laureate who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000 for his research on the physiological basis of memory. Born in Vienna in 1929, he fled Nazi Austria as a child and went on to become one of the most influential neuroscientists in history. The Disordered Mind explores how brain disorders — from autism to schizophrenia to dementia — illuminate our understanding of normal brain function. The audiobook and book make cutting-edge neuroscience accessible, written by one of the field's greatest minds.