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John, aged sixty, suffered a stroke and recovered fully, except in one respect: although he can see perfectly, he can no longer recognise faces, even his own reflection in a mirror. Whenever Francesca touches a particular texture, she experiences a vivid emotion: denim = extreme sadness; wax = embarrassment; orange peel = shock. Jimmie, whose left arm was recently amputated, can still feel it - and it's itchy. Our brains are the most enchanting and complex things in the known universe - but what happens when they go wrong? Dr V. S. Ramachandran, 'the Sherlock Holmes of brain science' and one of the world's leading neuroscientists, has spent a lifetime working with patients who suffer from rare and baffling brain conditions. In The Tell-Tale Brain, he tells their stories, and explores what they reveal about the greatest mystery of them all: how our minds work, and what makes each of us so uniquely human.
By: V. S. Ramachandran
Imprint: Windmill Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 27mm, Width: 198mm, Spine: 129mm
Weight: 355g
ISBN:
9780099537595
ISBN 10: 0099537591
Pages: 384
Publication Date: June 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Vilayanur S. Ramachandran is Director of the Centre for the Brain at the University of California, San Diego. He has a PhD from Cambridge and many honours and awards including a fellowship from All Souls College, Oxford. He lectures widely on art, visual perception and the brain, gave the 2003 BBC Recith Lectures, and is the author of the critically acclaimed Phantoms in the Brain, which was the basis for a two part series on Channel Four TV. Newsweek recently named him one of the 'hundred most prominent people to watch in the next century.'
Ramachandran is a latter-day Marco Polo -- Richard Dawkins A profoundly intriguing and compelling guide to the intricacies of the human brain. -- Oliver Sachs Excellent ... I cannot imagine a better account of the sweep of contemporary neuroscience Financial Times A leader in his field and an ingenious and tireless researcher. This is the best book of its kind that I have come across New York Review of Books A masterpiece. The best of its kind and beautifully crafted. -- Allan Snyder, Frs, Director Of The Centre For The Mind
[Ramachandran] skillfully walks the line between intriguing storytelling and detailed science in these readable tales of unusual patients. --Eva Emerson
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