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050	0	0	_aRC351 _b.R24 1998
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100	1		_aRamachandran, V. S. _92171
222			_aBiology
245	1	0	_aPhantoms in the brain : _bHuman nature and the architecture of the mind
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aLondon: _bHarper Collins, _cc1998
300			_axix, 328 p. : _bill. ; _c20cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aPhantoms in The Brain' takes a revolutionary new approach to theories of the brain, from one of the world's leading experimental neurologists. One of the most accessible neurological books of our generation 'Oliver Sacks' Neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran is internationally renowned for uncovering answers to the deep and quirky questions of human nature that few scientists have dared to address. His bold insights about the brain are matched only by the stunning simplicity of his experiments -- using such low-tech tools as cotton swabs, glasses of water and dime-store mirrors. In Phantoms in the Brain, Dr. Ramachandran recounts how his work with patients who have bizarre neurological disorders has shed new light on the deep architecture of the brain, and what these findings tell us about who we are, how we construct our body image, why we laugh or become depressed, why we may believe in God, how we make decisions, deceive ourselves and dream, perhaps even why we're so clever at philosophy, music and art. Some of his most notable cases: * A woman paralyzed on the left side of her body who believes she is lifting a tray of drinks with both hands offers a unique opportunity to test Freud's theory of denial. * A man who insists he is talking with God challenges us to ask: Could we be "wired" for religious experience? * A woman who hallucinates cartoon characters illustrates how, in a sense, we are all hallucinating, all the time. Dr. Ramachandran's inspired medical detective work pushes the boundaries of medicine's last great frontier -- the human mind -- yielding new and provocative insights into the "big questions" about consciousness and the self.
650		0	_aBiology _92172
650		0	_aNeurology - Popular works _93298
650		0	_aNeurosciences _92174
650		0	_aBrain mapping _93299
650		0	_aBrain damage _92175
700	1		_aBlakeslee, Sandra _92177
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