Socially Wired

Matthew W. Schelke uses the stories of patients with neurological illness to show how social and cultural environments transform the brain. rough cases ranging from an amateur chef who suddenly stopped cooking to an art lover who was removed from a gallery for touching the art, he explores what neurological injuries tell us about social and cultural behavior. Integrating insights from anthropology to philosophy to ecological psychology, this book illuminates how the brain wires us to participate in culture and how, in turn, culture rewires the brain.