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_aRamachandran, V. S. _eauthor |
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_aThe tell-tale brain : _bunlocking the mystery of human nature / _cV.S. Ramachandran. |
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_aLondon : _bRandom House, _c2010. |
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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. | ||
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_aNeurosciences _vPopular works. |
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_aNeurology _vPopular works. |
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_aBrain _vPopular works. |
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_aBrain _xphysiology _vPopular Works. |
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_aHuman Characteristics _vPopular Works. |
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_aNervous System Physiological Processes _vPopular Works. |
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