About the Author

DAVI JOHNSON THORNTON is an assistant professor of communication studies at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas.

Reviews

"Innovative, well written, and persuasively argued, Brain Culture is the most accessible book on the sociology, rhetoric, and culture of cognitive neuroscience."
*author of Constructing Autism*

"Thornton's captivating cultural study provides an insightful analysis of the brain's impact on our contemporary understandings of identity, subjectivity, and agency—a fascinating and important read!"
*Vanderbilt University*

"Captivatingly written, intelligently argued, and refreshingly grounded, Brain Culture offers an essential blueprint to becoming better-informed consumers of cognitive science and, perhaps more importantly, having a healthier relationship with our own brains and our expectations of them."
*The Atlantic*

"Sharply written, acutely insightful, often grimly hilarious, and quite persuasive. As thoroughly researched as it is accessible, this is a book for every brain. Highly recommended."
*Choice*

"Innovative, well written, and persuasively argued, Brain Culture is the most accessible book on the sociology, rhetoric, and culture of cognitive neuroscience."
*author of Constructing Autism*

"Thornton's captivating cultural study provides an insightful analysis of the brain's impact on our contemporary understandings of identity, subjectivity, and agency—a fascinating and important read!"
*Vanderbilt University*

"Captivatingly written, intelligently argued, and refreshingly grounded, Brain Culture offers an essential blueprint to becoming better-informed consumers of cognitive science and, perhaps more importantly, having a healthier relationship with our own brains and our expectations of them."
*The Atlantic*

"Sharply written, acutely insightful, often grimly hilarious, and quite persuasive. As thoroughly researched as it is accessible, this is a book for every brain. Highly recommended."
*Choice*