Through ten examples of ingenious experiments by some of psychology's most innovative thinkers, Lauren Slater traces the evolution of the century's most pressing concerns—free will, authoritarianism, conformity, morality.Beginning w...

[Slater has] the playful mind of a philosopher and the exquisite, unique voice of a poet.' (The Washington Post Book World) In this powerful and provocative new memoir, award-winning author Lauren Slater forces readers to redraw the b...

Lauren Slater, a brilliant writer who is a young therapist, takes us on a mesmerizing personal and professional journey in this remarkable memoir about her work with mental and emotional illness. The territory of the mind and of madne...