The tell-tale brain : a neuroscientist's quest for what makes us human / V. S. Ramachandran.
The tell-tale brain : a neuroscientist's quest for what makes us human / V. S. Ramachandran.
The tell-tale brain : a neuroscientist's quest for what makes us human / V. S. Ramachandran.
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New York : W. W. Norton, c2011.
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N616.8/62
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English
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Physical content
xxvi, 357 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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...
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New York : W. W. Norton, c2011.
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1st ed.
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New York (State)
Date Published
c2011.
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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.
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The tell-tale brain : a neuroscientist's quest for what makes us human / V. S. Ramachandran.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-339) and index.
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c2011.
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N616.8/62
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74VMl52JzaxZ
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0393077829 (hbk.)
9780393077827 (hbk.)
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616.8
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991003512709702626
