Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

L'uomo che credeva di essere morto e altri casi clinici sul mistero della natura umana

Sandra Blakeslee

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Die blinde Frau, die sehen kann

V. S. Ramachandran

"How can people come to believe that their poodle is an impostor? Or see colors in numbers? Francis Crick, co-discoverer of DNA, said of V. S. Ramachandran's first book, "The patients he describes are fascinating, and his experiments on them are both simple and ingenious." With his unique energy and style Ramachandran now shares his insights into the mind from such everyday human experiences as pain, sight, and the appreciation of beauty to the ultimate philosophical conundrums of consciousness."--BOOK JACKET.

From Imposter Poodles to Purple Numbers

A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness

John R. Smythies

Lawrence Edelstein

The present day is witnessing an explosion of our understanding of how the brain works at all levels, in which complexity is piled on complexity, and mechanisms of astonishing elegance are being continually discovered. This process is most developed in the major areas of the brain, such as the cortex, thalamus, and striatum. The Claustrum instead focuses on a small, remote, and, until recently, relatively unknown area of the brain. In recent years, researchers have come to believe that the claustrum is concerned with consciousness, a bold hypothesis supported by the claustrum’s two-way connections with nearly every other region of the brain and its seeming involvement with multisensory integrations—the hallmark of consciousness. The claustrum, previously in a humble position at the back of the stage, might in fact be the conductor of the brain’s orchestra. The Claustrum brings together leading experts on the claustrum from the varied disciplines of neuroscience, providing a state-of-the-art presentation of what is currently known about the claustrum, promising lines of current research (including epigenetics), and projections of new lines of investigation on the horizon. Develops a unifying hypothesis about the claustrum’s role in consciousness, as well as the integration of sensory information and other higher brain functions. Discusses the involvement of the claustrum with autism, schizophrenia, epilepsy, Alzheimer’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease Coverage of all aspects of the claustrum, from its evolution and development to promising new lines of research, including epigenetics, provides a platform and point of reference for future investigative efforts

Structural, Functional, and Clinical Neuroscience

The Claustrum

Perché alcune persone ci attraggono sessualmente? Perché ci affascina una certa melodia? Come è nato il linguaggio? Ognuno di noi, almeno una volta, si sarà posto qualcuna di queste domande. Vilayanur S. Ramachandran le considera stimolanti per approfondire ulteriormente lo studio di quell'affascinante enigma che sono ancor oggi le connessioni tra corpo, mente e cervello.

L'uomo che credeva di essere morto

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

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