I recommended this to my first year medical students before embarking on their neuroscience course. I LOVE that the author uses the correct anatomic terms to describe brain structures as it helps to provide the “big picture” of associating a structure with a function. At the same time, what a beautiful overview of the brain! It’s engaging and interesting for both scientists and non-scientists alike. I particularly love the way he deals with topics such as gender identity, mood disorders, and addictions of all kinds. Were medicine to move in the direction espoused in this book, many more patients with neurological/psychological disorders could be treated successfully – and with compassion.