The tell-tale brain : a neuroscientist's quest for what makes us human
Edition
1st ed.
Publication Information
New York : W. W. Norton, c2011.
Physical Description
xxvi, 357 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Summary
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.