V. S. Ramachandran

The "Marco Polo of Neuroscience" traces the links between neurology and behavior and discusses how normal brain function evolves through the examination of several baffling and extreme case studies and describes a new direction for the treatment of autism.

The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human

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Mundy Otto Reimer

Matthew Zabel

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Kirsten Adam

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.

The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human

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