When you are immersed in reading, you are distracted by everything else but the content of the book, and you experience a sense of calm and relaxation that makes your mind relax. In today's busy and ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Margo Jefferson is no stranger to gleaning meaning from cultural moments both big and small. With her second memoir, Constructing a Nervous System, she turns her keen eye ...

Don't let the title of Margo Jefferson's new book, Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir, fool you. By "nervous system," the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic has in mind not just the brute facts of ...

Each part of the nervous system uses internal checks and balances to regulate its activity, responding to various factors like mood, health status, and the external environment.¹ These regulatory ...