Download or read book Switched on written by John Elder Robison and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When John Elder Robison published Look Me in the Eye, his ... memoir about growing up with Asperger's syndrome, he was launched into international prominence as an autism expert. But in spite of his success, he still struggled to decode the secret language of social interactions, and often felt like a misfit who understood car engines better than people. So when a group of Harvard neuroscientists told John about TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation), an experimental brain therapy that promised to remediate the disabilities of autism and unlock his emotional intelligence, he jumped at the chance to join their study. [This book] recounts the adventure that followed, as John became a guinea pig to the world's top brain researchers in an effort to understand the social and emotional deficits that lie at the heart of autism"--