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100	1		_aRamachandran, V. S. _91287
245	1	4	_aThe tell-tale brain : _bUnlocking the mystery of human nature / _cby V. S. Ramachandran.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNoida : _bRandom house India, _cc2010.
263			_a1101
300			_axxii, 357 p. ;
500			_aV.S. Ramachandran has exploded the boundaries of modern science - so much so that he has been praised by Richard Dawkins as a latter-day Marco Polo.*A specialist in brain damage, he is famous for an instinctive, intuitive approach to neurological disorders that has led him to successfully amputate phantom limbs, as well as solving the riddles of apotemnophilia (an obsession with self-amputation), and Capgrass syndrome (where patients who are in all other respects fully recovered become convinced that their loved ones are imposters). This new book will explore why the human brain is so unique and how it became so enchantingly complex. Taking us to the frontiers of neurology, he reveals what baffling and extreme case studies can teach us about the brain and how it evolved. Along the way we hear stories that are by turns moving, funny, tragic and disturbing, but always utterly fascinating.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650		0	_aNeurosciences _vPopular works. _91288
650		0	_aNeurology _vPopular works. _91289
650		0	_aBrain _vPopular works. _91290
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