The human brain is an impossibly complex and delicate instrument - capable of extraordinary calculations, abundant creativity and linguistic dexterity. But the brain is not just the most brilliant of evolutionary wonders. It's also one of the most bizarre. This book shows a whole other side of how brains work - from the patient who is afraid to take a shower because she fears her body will slip down the drain to a man who is convinced that he is a cat and a woman who compulsively snacks on cigarette ashes. The conditions described in Bizarre are the type that no one ever expects will happen to them; yet they do happen to people with regularity, drastically altering lives in the process. As fascinating as they are, the cases discussed in this book are more than just oddities. In attempting to understand them, neuroscientists have uncovered important details about how the brain works. You'll be intrigued and amazed by some of the weird things your brain does on a daily basis, seemingly without your awareness or consent, and maybe you'll even gain an increased appreciation for the stability of the reality you experience. The brain is a thing of wonder; this book will ensure you never take the extraordinary way it woks for granted.