The tell-tale brain : unlocking the mystery of human nature /
Ramachandran, V. S.
The tell-tale brain : unlocking the mystery of human nature / V.S. Ramachandran. - London : Random House, 2010.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-339) and index.
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.
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.
9788184001198 hbk.
2010044913
101553848 DNLM
Neurosciences--Popular works.
Neurology--Popular works.
Brain--Popular works.
Brain--physiology--Popular Works.
Human Characteristics--Popular Works.
Nervous System Physiological Processes--Popular Works.
The tell-tale brain : unlocking the mystery of human nature / V.S. Ramachandran. - London : Random House, 2010.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-339) and index.
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.
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.
9788184001198 hbk.
2010044913
101553848 DNLM
Neurosciences--Popular works.
Neurology--Popular works.
Brain--Popular works.
Brain--physiology--Popular Works.
Human Characteristics--Popular Works.
Nervous System Physiological Processes--Popular Works.