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In this episode I am joined by Lone Frank to talk about her book, The Pleasure Shock, in which she narrated the work of Robert Galbraith Heath, the unacknowledged pioneer of deep brain stimulation.
We talked about how she got interested in the subject when she was writing about Parkinson’s disease, and how her exploration revealed that he developed the technique of deep brain stimulation, initially as a treatment for schizophrenia. She painted a vivid portrait of his personality and his ideas, and she explained why his contemporaries resisted his innovation, and how history forgot him.
Lone has a Ph.D. in neurobiology and is the author of several books on neuroscience. As a staff writer at Weekendavisen, Denmark’s leading newspaper, she is a well-known voice in debates about science, technology, and society.
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