
Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind
V. S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee
Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind
V. S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee
Using a series of case studies, 'Phantoms in the brain' introduces a strange and unexplored mental world. Ramachandran, through his research into brain damage, has discovered that the brain can react in strange ways to major physical changes.
Buy this book at AmazonAd- Publisher
- Harpercollins Pub Limited
- Year
- 2005
- ISBN-13
- 9781857028959
- Genre
- Science & Technology
- Topics
- NeuroscienceBrain disordersPerception and consciousness
Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and TechnologyShortlisted(1998)
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