The tell-tale brain : a neuroscientist's quest for what makes us human /

Title:

The tell-tale brain : a neuroscientist's quest for what makes us human /

Author:

Ramachandran, V. S.

Published:

New York : c2011.

Format:

Book

Institution:

Wentworth Institute of Technology, Emerson College, New England Conservatory, Lesley Sherrill, Emmanuel College

Contents:

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.

Online access:

No online access

Library holdings:

Emerson Main Stacks
RC351 .A45 2011 – Available

Emmanuel Main Stacks
RC351 .A45 2011 – Available

Lesley/EDS-Sherrill Library Main Stacks
RC351 .A45 2011 – Available

New England Conservatory Spaulding Library
RC351 .A45 2011 – Available

• Available Temporarily at New England Conservatory Spaulding Reserve Desk
  On reserve for Thyg555 Psychophysical Analysis (Theory: Cogan)

Wentworth Stacks--Upper Level
616.8 .R26 2011 – Available