Alice Weaver Flaherty explores the fascinating intersection of the brain and creativity. Her work delves into the neurological underpinnings of the creative process, seeking to illuminate how our minds foster artistic and intellectual innovation. Flaherty writes across genres, from scientific papers to humorous essays, offering readers a unique perspective on this complex subject. Through her writing, she makes intricate scientific concepts accessible to a broad audience.
A quick-reference guide to the diagnosis and management of neurologic diseases. It presents specific management recommendations in an outline format and includes protocols, step-by-step tests and procedures, and treatment algorithms. It also includes material from related disciplines such as general medicine, cardiology, psychiatry, and radiology.
Why is it that some writers struggle for months to come up with the perfect sentence or phrase while others, hunched over a keyboard deep into the night, seem unable to stop writing? In The Midnight Disease, neurologist Alice W. Flaherty explores the mysteries of literary the drive to write, what sparks it, and what extinguishes it. She draws on intriguing examples from medical case studies and from the lives of writers, from Franz Kafka to Anne Lamott, from Sylvia Plath to Stephen King. Flaherty, who herself has grappled with episodes of compulsive writing and block, also offers a compelling personal account of her own experiences with these conditions.