The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human
"A profound intriguing and compelling guide to the intricacies of the human brain." —Oliver SacksIn this landmark work, V. S. Ramachandran investigates strange, unforgettable cases—from patients who believe they are dead to sufferers of phantom limb syndrome. With a storyteller’s eye for...
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"A profound intriguing and compelling guide to the intricacies of the human brain." —Oliver SacksIn this landmark work, V. S. Ramachandran investigates strange, unforgettable cases—from patients who believe they are dead to sufferers of phantom limb syndrome. With a storyteller’s eye for compelling case studies and a researcher’s flair for new approaches to age-old questions, Ramachandran tackles the most exciting and controversial topics in brain science, including language, creativity, and consciousness. 45 illustrations
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780393340624 (0393340627)
ASIN: 393340627
Publish date: January 23rd 2012
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Science,
Popular Science,
Biology,
Health,
Medical,
Philosophy,
Psychology,
Medicine,
Neuroscience,
Brain
The book gave me more reasons why humans are different from anything else known in the universe and how we got that way.I've been looking for a book like this one which takes all the anomalies and traumas that have happened to individuals and weaves them all together in a coherent story about how ou...
Mr. V.S. Ramachandran in this book quite misleadingly tells one more about what the brain is NOT than what it is - perfect. Sort of like a soup with way too much salt; the author promised us this soup of what must have been a conclusive hypothesis of what he knows, which he does about a select few ...
I don't really know all that much about neuroscience or the field in general, so please take this review with a grain of salt. I have to say that I was pretty disappointed by The Tell-Tale Brain, which billed itself to be an overview tour of the brain and how it is used to delineate our sense of sel...
the sample just didn't interest me so much
I just attended a lecture by the author, very interesting.
12 years ago
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