Title: The Tell-Tale Brain
Description: 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.
Subjects: Neurosciences, Neurology, Popular works, Brain, Human Characteristics, Nervous System Physiological Processes, Physiology, Brain, evolution, Brain damage, Nervous System Physiological Phenomena, Neurowetenschappen, Hersenen, Neurologie, Gehirn, Populärwissenschaftliche Darstellung, Neurophysiologie