Phantoms in the Brain
Popular science book by V.S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind (also published as Phantoms in the Brain: Human Nature and the Architecture of the Mind)[1] is a 1998 popular science book by neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran and New York Times science writer Sandra Blakeslee, discussing neurophysiology and neuropsychology as revealed by case studies of neurological disorders.
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Author | Sandra Blakeslee, Vilayanur S. Ramachandran |
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Subject | neurophysiology, neuropsychology, neurological disorder, philosophy of mind |
Publisher | William Morrow and Company, HarperCollins |
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The book, which began as a lecture presented to the Society for Neuroscience, features a foreword by neuroscientist and author Oliver Sacks.[2][3]