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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.

Main Author: Ramachandran, V. S.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : W. W. Norton, c2011.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Stein, Sylvia tribute.
Neurosciences.
Neurology.
Brain.
Summary: 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.
Physical Description: xxvi, 357 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-339) and index.
ISBN: 9780393077827 (hbk.)
0393077829 (hbk.)
Author Notes: V. S. Ramachandran is the director of the Center for Brain and Cognition and a Distinguished Professor with the Psychology Department and Neurosciences Program at the University of California, San Diego. He lives in Del Mar, California.

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