Matthew Schelke

From birth, our brains are shaped by other people—in our families, schools, workplaces, neighbourhoods, countries, and cultures. These social worlds make us who we are, but how this process works remains mysterious on a neural level. In Socially Wired, Matthew W. Schelke uses the stories of patients with neurological illness to show how social and cultural environments transform the brain....

From birth, our brains are shaped by other people—in our families, schools, workplaces, neighbourhoods, countries, and cultures. These social worlds make us who we are, but how this process works remains mysterious on a neural level. In Socially Wired, Matthew W. Schelke uses the stories of patients with neurological illness to show how social and cultural environments transform the brain....