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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.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

W. W. Norton,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xxvi, 357 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Neurosciences--Popular works.
Neurology--Popular works.
Brain--Popular works.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [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.

ISBN:

0393077829 (hbk.)
9780393077827 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)601105735

LCCN:

2010044913

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