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The tell-tale brain : a neuroscientist's quest for what makes us human / V.S. Ramachandran.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0393077829 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 9780393077827
- Physical Description: xxvi, 357 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, [2011]
- Copyright: ©2011.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-339) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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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| Subject: | Neurosciences > Popular works. Neurology > Popular works. Brain > Popular works Brain Neurology Neurosciences |
| Genre: | Popular works. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Gorge Community College Library | HEALTH & MEDICAL RAMAC 2011 (Text) | 33892002441278 | Main Collection | Available | - |
