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Phantoms in the Brain: Probing The Mysteries of the Human Mind
by V. S. Ramachandran MD and Sandra Blakeslee
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0688152473
- ISBN 13
- 9780688152475
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William Morrow & Company, New York, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 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 decisions, deceive ourselves and dream, perhaps even why we're so clever at philosophy, music and art. Some of his most notable cases: A woman paralyzed on the left side of her body who believes she is lifting a tray of drinks with both hands offers a unique opportunity to test Freud's theory of denial. A man who insists he is talking with God challenges us to ask: Could we be "wired" for religious experience? A woman who hallucinates cartoon characters illustrates how, in a sense, we are all hallucinating, all the time. Dr. Ramachandran's inspired medical detective work pushes the boundaries of medicine's last great frontier -- the human mind -- yielding new and provocative insights into the "big questions" about consciousness and the self. 328 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Health::Medical; United States; Medicine & Health; ISBN: 0688152473. ISBN/EAN: 9780688152475. Inventory No: 269246.. 9780688152475
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 269246
- Title
- Phantoms in the Brain: Probing The Mysteries of the Human Mind
- Author
- V. S. Ramachandran MD and Sandra Blakeslee
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0688152473
- ISBN 13
- 9780688152475
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- BZDB43 Health::Medical; United States; Medicine & Health; Unbranded ISBN: 0688152473 EAN: 9780688152475 V. S. Ramachandran MD and Sandra Blakeslee Phantoms in the Brain: Probing The Mysteries of the Human Mind
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