The tell-tale brain
Subtitle: unlocking the mystery of human nature
By: V.S. Ramachandran
Publisher: William Heinemann
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
ISBN-13: 9780434020249; 9780434020232
Subjects: Brain; Evolution; Brain damage; Nervous System Physiological Phenomena; Human Characteristics; Physiology; Hjärna; Utveckling; Hjärnskador
Description: Explores why the human brain is so unique and how it became so enchantingly complex. This title reveals what baffling and extreme case studies can teach us about the brain and how it evolved.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Phantom limbs and plastic brains; title: Seeing and knowing; title: Loud colors and hot babes: synesthesia; title: The neurons that shaped civilization; title: Where is Steven?: the riddle of autism; title: The power of babble: the evolution of language; title: Beauty and the brain: the emergence of aesthetics; title: The artful brain: universal laws; title: An ape with a soul: how introspection evolved.