The brain that changes itself stories of personal triumph from the frontiers of brain science norman doidge, m. Humans are unique among the animal kingdom because of their brain. The telltale brain vs ramachandran indian institute of. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Ramachandran, a pioneer in the field of visual perception, explains how his simple experiments in. Ramachandran investigates strange, unforgettable casesfrom patients who believe they are dead to sufferers of phantom limb syndrome. The tell tale brain a neuroscientist s quest for what makes us human. In the tell tale brain, he tells their stories, and explores what they reveal about the greatest mystery of them all. Chapter 3 deals with an intriguing phenomenon called synesthesia, a strange blending of the senses that some people experience as a result of unusual brain wiring. While phantoms in the brain was published in 1998 and had a lot of untested hypotheses throughout the text, the telltale brain is a 2011 book when i love a book as much as i loved phantoms in the brain and realize the author has other ones on the same subject, i usually let the dust settle before reading them.
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