In 1996 Joseph LeDoux's The Emotional Brain presented a revelatory
examination of the biological bases of our emotions and memories. Now,
the world-renowned expert on the brain has produced with a
groundbreaking work that tells a more profound story: how the little
spaces between the neurons--the brain's synapses--are the channels
through which we think, act, imagine, feel, and remember. Synapses
encode the essence of personality, enabling each of us to function as a
distinctive, integrated individual from moment to moment. Exploring the
functioning of memory, the synaptic basis of mental illness and drug
addiction, and the mechanism of self-awareness, Synaptic Self is a
provocative and mind-expanding work that is destined to become a
classic.