TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ramachandran,V.S.
TI  - The tell-tale brain: a neuroscientist's quest for what makes us human 
SN  - 9788184002072 (pbk.)
U1  - 616.8 22
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - Neurosciences
KW  - Popular works
KW  - Neurology
KW  - Brain
KW  - physiology
KW  - Popular Works
KW  - Human Characteristics
KW  - Nervous System Physiological Processes
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-339) and index; 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
N2  - 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
ER  -