The tell-tale brain a neuroscientist's quest for what makes us human
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.
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New York :
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c2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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