In this episode of This is Centenary, 1979 Centenary graduate Elaine McArdle discusses and reads from her critically-acclaimed book, The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind, co-authored with neuroscientist Barbara Lipska. The book traces Lipska’s poignant journey after she developed symptoms of dementia and schizophrenia – similar to the conditions she studies in others – but discovered that her behaviors were related to nearly 20 cancerous tumors growing in her brain.

This episode was recorded on November 6, 2018, during a 2018 Homecoming Week event at Centenary’s Meadows Museum of Art.