PositiveThe TimesThe Inflamed Mind isn’t a pop-science book designed to wow you with quirky facts about the brain. Instead, it is a serious attempt to enlighten not just medics, but also the more dimly lit minds of political journalists, for instance. It does demand that you pay attention and there are a number of passages where it is clearly impossible to simplify the science any further without it becoming a nonsense. You may even need to read them twice, but it rewards you by explaining medical history, the body and advances in medical research in recent years.
