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Loading... The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human (edition 2011)by V. S. Ramachandran
Work detailsThe Tell-Tale Brain by V. S. Ramachandran
Clear, thought-provoking, frontier work, sometimes moving about the gradually unfolding mystery of what humans are - and even funny in places. Central theme is mirror neurons; he makes a good case for looking at the detail (reductionist) in order to explain the everyday observable levels of behaviour. Top brain book of the last few years, I'd say. (  ) vguy | Dec 9, 2012 |  "Ramachandran uses neuroscience to explore questions of human existence through the discussion of very unusual cases." read more at: http://likeiamfeasting.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/tell-tale-brain-vs-ramachandran.ht... (  ) mongoosenamedt | Jul 23, 2012 | Although he lost me in several places, I always managed to get back on track. Great fun, both the brain and the author. (  ) flydodofly | Jun 13, 2011 | I was set to be totally enthralled but ended up disappointed. In the beginning the author seemed to be viewing and thinking very broadly across numerous disciplines and making startling and insightful conjectures. With time, certain blind spots became evident. He pooh poohed psychoanalysis using an antiquated picture of it when it could have been easily encompassed as one of several ways to enhance connections between neurons. Considering that it often works, it should be incorporated into a picture of how the brain works. Also as he got to more speculative topics, his leaps of conjecture were made on such flimsy evidence that it didn't seem worth making them. ( ) snash | May 2, 2011 |
 "{T}he book is packed with other evidence that neuroscience has made illuminating progress in recent years. Reading such accounts of exactly what our brains get up to is apt to leave one with the disconcerting thought that they are often a lot cleverer than their owners realize. "
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