The tell-tale brain : a neuroscientist's quest for what makes us human /
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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
W. W. Norton,
[2011]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xxvi, 357 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-339) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780393077827 (hbk.) 0393077829 (hbk.) |