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Author Ramachandran, V. S.

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

Publication Info. New York : W. W. Norton, [2011]
©2011

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  616.8 RAMACHANDRAN    Check Shelf
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Edition First edition.
Description xxvi, 357 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-339) and index.
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.
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.
Subject Neurosciences -- Popular works.
Neurology -- Popular works.
Brain -- Popular works.
ISBN 9780393077827 hardback
0393077829 hardback
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