Molecules of Emotion Why You Feel the Way You Feel

"A clear and often riveting account of her research on the frontier of a new kind of science." -Smithsonian

"Pert is at her best here when she details the sexism that permeates the upper echelons of the scientific establishment... She also does a very credible job of exploding the basic paradigm underlying much of modern human biology-that the brain and the body are two distinct systems...this is an important look at what really goes on inside the human body-and inside the scientific elite." -Publishers Weekly

"[Pert] freely intermingles vibrant stories of her professional and personal life with her theories about neuropeptides...Her views on mind-body cellular communication mesh well with the concepts of energy held by many alternative therapies." -Kirkus

"Candace B. Pert...has managed to take the study of the emotional connection to the body...and present this information in not only an understandable manner, but an enjoyable one." -Caroline Myss, Ph.D., author of Why People Don't Heal and How They Can

"Reading Molecules of Emotion filled me with molecules associated with joy, inspiration, and hope." -Christiane Northrup, M.D., author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom

"Molecules of Emotion is a highly inspiring story of the search for the biochemical links between consciousness, mind, and body that also weaves in Pert's deeply personal search for truth. Highly recommended!" -Dean Ornish, M.D., author of Eat More, Weigh Less

"Pick up the coolest, smartest, hardest-core mind-body book I've seen in a while." -Lynn Harris, New York Daily News

"Dr. Pert has written one of the few truly spellbinding autobiographies of a scientist's life and discoveries that, remarkably, impels one to read and turn pages with the same urgency one applies to Michael Crichton's science fiction! This experience is all the more fascinating since Dr. Pert's story is true. She is the new Carl Sagan of the biomedical enterprise." -Michael D. Lumpkin, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Georgetown University Medical Center