Phantoms in the Brain Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind

Name: Phantoms in the Brain Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind
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ISBN: 9780688172176

ISBN-10: 0688172172

ISBN-13: 9780688172176

Edition: Reprint

Authors: V. S. Ramachandran, Sandra Blakeslee

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Neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran is internationally renowned for uncovering answers to the deep and quirky questions of human nature that few scientists have dared to address. His bold insights about the brain are matched only by the stunning simplicity of his experiments -- using such low-tech tools as cotton swabs, glasses of water and dime-store mirrors. In Phantoms in the Brain, Dr. Ramachandran recounts how his work with patients who have bizarre neurological disorders has shed new light on the deep architecture of the brain, and what these findings tell us about who we are, how we construct our body image, why we laugh or become depressed, why we may believe in God, how we make…

Book details

List price: $17.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 8/18/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.88" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Foreword



Preface



The Phantom Within



"Knowing Where to Scratch"



Chasing the Phantom



The Zombie in the Brain



The Secret Life of James Thurber



Through the Looking Glass



The Sound of One Hand Clapping



"The Unbearable Likeness of Being"



God and the Limbic System



The Woman Who Died Laughing



"You Forgot to Deliver the Twin"



Do Martians See Red?


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography and Suggested Reading


Index