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100	1		_aRamachandran, V. S. _9112501
245	1	4	_aThe tell-tale brain : _ba neuroscientist's quest for what makes us human / _cV.S. Ramachandran.
260			_aNew York : _bPenguin Books, _c2012.
300			_axxvi, 357 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [327]-339) and index.
505	0		_aNo 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.
520			_aRamachandran--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.
650		0	_aNeurosciences _vPopular works. _9112502
650		0	_aNeurology _vPopular works. _9112503
650		0	_aBrain _vPopular works. _9112504
650	1	2	_aBrain _xphysiology _vPopular Works. _9112505
650	2	2	_aHuman Characteristics _vPopular Works. _9112506
650	2	2	_aNervous System Physiological Processes _vPopular Works. _9112507
999			_c202350 _d202350