Renowned author and Director of the Semel Institute, Dr. Peter Whybrow discussed his book, The Well-Tuned Brain. In this optimistic and inspiring book, Dr. Whybrow, the prize-winning author of A Mood Apart and American Mania, offers a prescription for genuine human progress. He poses such questions as: If in the face of the seductive opportunities of the consumer society, is passion again outrunning reason? Have we lost the capacity for self-command and with it a balanced understanding of ourselves?