Introduction

Part I

The crucible

Along came a spider: The sixth sense

Neanderthal's dream, or what would Freud say about dopamine?

Part II

Johnny's not the same

New rules

Let's talk medication, Paul Schreber, prepulse inhibition, Charles Bonnet Syndrome

Evolution versus entropy, the theory in its totality, a look into the future

Part III

The polars uni- and bi-, or the invention of happiness

Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, stuttering and Tourette's Syndrome, OCD, the New York Marathon, and some other theories.