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050 00 $aRC351$b.R25 2011
060 00 $a2011 B-673
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100 1 $aRamachandran, V. S.
245 14 $aThe tell-tale brain :$ba neuroscientist's quest for what makes us human /$cV.S. Ramachandran.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bW.W. Norton,$cc2011.
300 $axxvi, 357 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [327]-339) and index.
505 0 $aNo 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.
520 $aRamachandran--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.
650 0 $aNeurosciences$vPopular works.
650 0 $aNeurology$vPopular works.
650 0 $aBrain$vPopular works.
650 12 $aBrain$xphysiology$vPopular Works.
650 22 $aHuman Characteristics$vPopular Works.
650 22 $aNervous System Physiological Processes$vPopular Works.