Michael R. Trimble, M.D., is a professor of behavioral neurology at the Institute of Neurology, University of London.

This book exists... to explain matters of the heart using our knowledge of the mind... A host of professional students, clinicians, educators, and other well-read individuals will find this worthy of a close and careful read. -- Mark H. Fleisher JAMA Perfect for either college-level collections strong in science, health, or social science and for public lending collections alike... An intriguing, lively survey. Midwest Book Review A highly thought-provoking excursion through neuroscience, philosophy, and culture. Scientific American Mind This scholarly, yet provocative, book from an insightful, observant neurologist... is rich with thought-provoking ideas. -- Chris McManus British Journal of Psychiatry It is hard to imagine reading this book carefully without being enriched by the experience. -- Bruce L Miller Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry This text considers crucial and significant questions about the relationship between creativity, belief and the brain. One does not need to agree with the arguments and conclusions to find much of value in this book. I suspect that it will receive a warm critical reception within scientific and medical contexts, and I have no doubt that many receptive readers will also be found amongst an informed general audience. -- Jay Johnston Journal of Religious History Trimble's book has elegantly accomplished its ambitious scope in highlighting the cerebral mechanisms that contribute to the most vital aspects of human experience, thus building solid intellectual bridges between different-and often noncommunicating-research fields. -- Andrea E. Cavanna Cognitive Neuropsychiatry A final chapter integrates the book's core themes, using poetic examples as illustrations-resulting in an evocative meditation on art and biology. Choice

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Where Did It All Begin?2. The Neuroanatomy of Emotion3. Language and the Human Brain4. The Other Way of Using Language5. The Breakdown of Language6. Music and the Brain7. Neurotheology I: Epilepsy8. Neurotheology II: Other Neurological Conditions9. God, Music, and the Poetry of the BrainEpilogueAppendix I: Brief Biographies of Some Poets with Bipolar DisorderAppendix II: Some Notable Religious PoetsNotesReferencesIndex

Michael R. Trimble, M.D., is a professor of behavioral neurology at the Institute of Neurology, University of London.

This book exists... to explain matters of the heart using our knowledge of the mind... A host of professional students, clinicians, educators, and other well-read individuals will find this worthy of a close and careful read. -- Mark H. Fleisher JAMA Perfect for either college-level collections strong in science, health, or social science and for public lending collections alike... An intriguing, lively survey. Midwest Book Review A highly thought-provoking excursion through neuroscience, philosophy, and culture. Scientific American Mind This scholarly, yet provocative, book from an insightful, observant neurologist... is rich with thought-provoking ideas. -- Chris McManus British Journal of Psychiatry It is hard to imagine reading this book carefully without being enriched by the experience. -- Bruce L Miller Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry This text considers crucial and significant questions about the relationship between creativity, belief and the brain. One does not need to agree with the arguments and conclusions to find much of value in this book. I suspect that it will receive a warm critical reception within scientific and medical contexts, and I have no doubt that many receptive readers will also be found amongst an informed general audience. -- Jay Johnston Journal of Religious History Trimble's book has elegantly accomplished its ambitious scope in highlighting the cerebral mechanisms that contribute to the most vital aspects of human experience, thus building solid intellectual bridges between different-and often noncommunicating-research fields. -- Andrea E. Cavanna Cognitive Neuropsychiatry A final chapter integrates the book's core themes, using poetic examples as illustrations-resulting in an evocative meditation on art and biology. Choice

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Where Did It All Begin?2. The Neuroanatomy of Emotion3. Language and the Human Brain4. The Other Way of Using Language5. The Breakdown of Language6. Music and the Brain7. Neurotheology I: Epilepsy8. Neurotheology II: Other Neurological Conditions9. God, Music, and the Poetry of the BrainEpilogueAppendix I: Brief Biographies of Some Poets with Bipolar DisorderAppendix II: Some Notable Religious PoetsNotesReferencesIndex

Michael R. Trimble, M.D., is a professor of behavioral neurology at the Institute of Neurology, University of London.

This book exists... to explain matters of the heart using our knowledge of the mind... A host of professional students, clinicians, educators, and other well-read individuals will find this worthy of a close and careful read. -- Mark H. Fleisher JAMA Perfect for either college-level collections strong in science, health, or social science and for public lending collections alike... An intriguing, lively survey. Midwest Book Review A highly thought-provoking excursion through neuroscience, philosophy, and culture. Scientific American Mind This scholarly, yet provocative, book from an insightful, observant neurologist... is rich with thought-provoking ideas. -- Chris McManus British Journal of Psychiatry It is hard to imagine reading this book carefully without being enriched by the experience. -- Bruce L Miller Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry This text considers crucial and significant questions about the relationship between creativity, belief and the brain. One does not need to agree with the arguments and conclusions to find much of value in this book. I suspect that it will receive a warm critical reception within scientific and medical contexts, and I have no doubt that many receptive readers will also be found amongst an informed general audience. -- Jay Johnston Journal of Religious History Trimble's book has elegantly accomplished its ambitious scope in highlighting the cerebral mechanisms that contribute to the most vital aspects of human experience, thus building solid intellectual bridges between different-and often noncommunicating-research fields. -- Andrea E. Cavanna Cognitive Neuropsychiatry A final chapter integrates the book's core themes, using poetic examples as illustrations-resulting in an evocative meditation on art and biology. Choice

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Where Did It All Begin?2. The Neuroanatomy of Emotion3. Language and the Human Brain4. The Other Way of Using Language5. The Breakdown of Language6. Music and the Brain7. Neurotheology I: Epilepsy8. Neurotheology II: Other Neurological Conditions9. God, Music, and the Poetry of the BrainEpilogueAppendix I: Brief Biographies of Some Poets with Bipolar DisorderAppendix II: Some Notable Religious PoetsNotesReferencesIndex