Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

Vilayanur Subramanian "Rama" Ramachandran (lahir 1951) adalah ilmuwan neurosains yang dikenal akan karyanya dalam bidang neurologi perilaku dan psikofisika. Ia adalah kepala Center for Brain and Cognition,Center for Brain and Cognition websiteRamachandran Bio on CBC websitePsychology Department Webage with link to CBC dan profesor di University of California, San Diego.

Ramachandran terkenal akan percobaannya dalam neurologi perilaku. Ia telah dijuluki sebagai "Marco Polo neurosains” oleh Richard Dawkins Full text via Lexis-Nexus here  dan "Paul Broca modern" oleh Eric Kandel. Pada tahun 1997, majalah Newsweek menobatkannya sebagai salah satu dari "seratus orang yang paling penting untuk ditonton" pada abad ke-21, sementara pada tahun 2011 Time memasukkannya ke dalam daftar seratus orang yang paling berpengaruh di dunia. The citation by Tom Insel, Director of NIH, reads: "Once described as the Marco Polo of neuroscience, V.S. Ramachandran has mapped some of the most mysterious regions of the mind. He has studied visual perception and a range of conditions, from synesthesia to autism. V.S. Ramachandran is changing how our brains think about our minds."In poll results used for the 2011 list Ramachandran ranked 97 out of 100. 

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 Vilayanur S. Ramachandran (official webpage)
 Take the Neuron Express for a Brief Tour of Consciousness The Science Network interview with V.S. Ramachandran
 Ramachandran Illusions
 All in the Mind interview
 Reith Lectures 2003 The Emerging Mind by Ramachandran
 TED talk by Ramachandran on brain damage and structures of the mind
 Talk at Princeton  A 2009 talk about his work.
 The Third Culture  Scroll down for three of his essays regarding mirror neurons and self-awareness
 Ramachandran's contribution to The Science Network's Beyond Belief 2007 Lectures on synaesthesia and metaphor.

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