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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| 100 | 1 | |a Ramachandran, V. S. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The tell-tale brain : |b a neuroscientist's quest for what makes us human / |c V. S. Ramachandran. |
| 250 | |a 1st ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b W. W. Norton, |c c2011. | ||
| 300 | |a xxvi, 357 p. : |b ill. ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-339) and index. | ||
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
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