
A NEUROSCIENTIST PREPARES FOR DEATH
Lessons my terminal cancer has taught me about the mind By David J. Linden About the author: David J. Linden is a neuroscience professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute. His most recent book is Unique: The New Science of Human Individuality. When a routine echocardiogram revealed a large mass next to my heart, the radiologist thought it might be a hiatal hernia—a portion of my stomach poking up through my diaphragm to press against the sac containing my heart. “Chug this can of Diet Dr. Pepper and then hop up on the table for another echocardiogram … Continue reading A NEUROSCIENTIST PREPARES FOR DEATH