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" The tell-tale brain : "
V. S. Ramachandran
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BL
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583007
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b412226
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| Main Entry
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Ramachandran, V. S
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| Title & Author
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The tell-tale brain : : a neuroscientist's quest for what makes us human /\ V. S. Ramachandran
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1st ed
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New York :: W. W. Norton,, c2011
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xxvi, 357 p. :: ill. ;; 25 cm
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9780393077827 (hbk.)
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: 0393077829 (hbk.)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-339) and index
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| Contents
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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 -- The artful brain : universal laws -- An ape with a soul : how introspection evolved
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| Abstract
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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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Neurosciences, Popular works
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Neurology, Popular works
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Brain, Popular works
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Brain
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Neurosciences
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| Dewey Classification
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616.8
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RC351.A45 2011
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