Our Biosocial Brains - by Michele K Lewis (Hardcover)

About the Book

Michele Lewis, inspired by African-Centered psychologists and psychiatrist Frantz Fanon, argues for a more humanistic cultural neuroscience to further understandings of the influence of isolation, injustice, power, and bias on brains and behavior.

Book Synopsis

Michele Lewis, inspired by African-Centered psychologists and psychiatrist Frantz Fanon, argues for a more humanistic cultural neuroscience to further understandings of the influence of isolation, injustice, power, and bias on brains and behavior.

Review Quotes

Encouraging readers to explore the brain as a biosocial organ, Lewis weaves together research in neuroscience and African-Centered/Black psychology with contemporary illustrations of oppression and their historic backdrops to make evident the need for an inclusive and deepened cultural neuroscience. Stressing the ways in which the brain is shaped by sociocultural impact, her treatment of cultural neuroscience makes clear the necessity of a shift toward the worldview of optimal psychology found capable of more effectively addressing human needs and providing solutions to global problems.

About the Author

Michele K. Lewis is research fellow and associate professor of psychological sciences at Winston-Salem State University.