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Phantoms in the Brain: HumanNnature and the Architecture of the Mind
by Ramachandran, V. S., and Blakeslee, Sandra
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Signed by Ramachandran. DJ has minor wear and soiling.
- ISBN 10
- 1857026187
- ISBN 13
- 9781857026184
- Seller
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About This Item
London: Fourth Estate, 1998. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Signed by Ramachandran. DJ has minor wear and soiling.. xix, 328p. 25 cm. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography and Suggested Reading. Index. Phantoms In The Brain takes a revolutionary new approach to theories of the brain, from one of the world's leading experimental neurologists. Phantoms In The Brain, using a series of case histories, introduces strange and unexplored mental worlds. Ramachandran, through his research into brain damage, has discovered that the brain is continually organising itself in response to change. A woman maintains that her left arm is not paralysed, a young man loses his right arm in a motorcycle accident, yet he continues to feel a phantom arm with vivid sensation of movement. In a series of experiments using nothing more than Q-tips and dribbles of warm water the young man helped Ramachandran discover how the brain is remapped after injury. Ramachandran believes that cases such as these illustrate fundamental principles of how the human brain operates. The brain 'needs to create a "script" or a story to make sense of the world, a unified and internally consistent belief system. ' Ramachandran's radical new approach will have far-reaching effects.
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- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 61717
- Title
- Phantoms in the Brain: HumanNnature and the Architecture of the Mind
- Author
- Ramachandran, V. S., and Blakeslee, Sandra
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Signed by Ramachandran. DJ has minor wear and soiling.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. First printing [stated]
- ISBN 10
- 1857026187
- ISBN 13
- 9781857026184
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- Anosognosia, Belief System, Blindness, Charles Bonnet, Capgras' Syndrome, Chris Frith, Galvanic Skin Response, Larry MacDonald, Oliver Sacks, Qualia, Scotoma, Visual Cortex
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