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100 1 _aRamachandran, V. S.
_eauthor
245 1 4 _aThe tell-tale brain :
_bunlocking the mystery of human nature /
_cV.S. Ramachandran.
260 _aLondon :
_bRandom House,
_c2010.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [327]-339) and index.
505 0 _aNo 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.
520 _aRamachandran--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.
650 0 _aNeurosciences
_vPopular works.
650 0 _aNeurology
_vPopular works.
650 0 _aBrain
_vPopular works.
650 1 2 _aBrain
_xphysiology
_vPopular Works.
650 2 2 _aHuman Characteristics
_vPopular Works.
650 2 2 _aNervous System Physiological Processes
_vPopular Works.
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