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Title:
The tell-tale brain : a neuroscientist's quest for what makes us human / V. S. Ramachandran.
Author:
Ramachandran, V. S.
Publication Information:
New York : W. W. Norton, c2011.
Call Number:
RC351 .A45 2011
Abstract:
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.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780393077827

9780393340624
Physical Description:
xxvi, 357 p. ; 25 cm.
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