The Tell-Tale Brain
by V. S. Ramachandran
Ramachandran on what unusual cases reveal about normal minds: phantom limbs, synesthesia, mirror neurons, autism, art and the self. Curious, speculative and enjoyable.
Read it if…
you want neuroscience told through strange and illuminating cases.
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Skip it if…
you want settled science; he speculates openly.
Try instead: Phantoms in the Brain →
Three things you will actually use
- Anomalies reveal mechanisms.
- The self is constructed.
- Speculation drives discovery.
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Read the chapter on the self.
Our verdict
Curious and speculative.
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Phantoms in the Brain
V. S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee · Mindset
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