Ramachandran, V. S. <br/><br/>
The tell-tale brain :  a neuroscientist's quest for what makes us human / 
V.S. Ramachandran. 
 - New York :  Penguin Books,  2012. 
 - xxvi, 357 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-339) and index. 
<br/><br/>No mere ape -- Phantom limbs and plastic brains -- Seeing and knowing -- Loud colors and hot babes : synesthesia -- The neurons that shaped civilization -- Where is Steven? : The riddle of autism -- The power of babble : the evolution of language -- Beauty and the brain : the emergence of aesthetics -- The artful brain : universal laws -- An ape with a soul : how introspection evolved. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9788184002072 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Neurosciences--Popular works.<br/>Neurology--Popular works.<br/>Brain--Popular works.<br/>Brain--physiology--Popular Works.<br/>Human Characteristics--Popular Works.<br/>Nervous System Physiological Processes--Popular Works.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.8