The tell-tale brain : a neuroscientist's quest for what makes us human / V.S. Ramachandran.

Author
Ramachandran, V. S. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
New York : W.W. Norton, c2011.
Description
xxvi, 357 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

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    Ramachandran--the "Marco Polo of neuroscience"--reveals what baffling and extreme case studies can teach us about normal brain function and how it evolved. Among the topics he discusses are synesthesia as a window to creativity and autism as a springboard to understanding self-awareness.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-339) and index.
    Contents
    • No mere ape
    • Phantom limbs and plastic brains
    • Seeing and knowing
    • Loud colors and hot babes : synesthesia
    • The neurons that shaped civilization
    • Where is Steven? : The riddle of autism
    • The power of babble : the evolution of language
    • Beauty and the brain : the emergence of aesthetics
    • The artful brain : universal laws
    • An ape with a soul : how introspection evolved.
    ISBN
    • 0393077829 (hbk.)
    • 9780393077827 (hbk.)
    LCCN
    2010044913
    OCLC
    601105735
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