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V. S. Ramachandran

    August 10, 1951

    Vilayanur S. Ramachandran is a leading figure in behavioral neurology and psychophysics. His early work explored visual perception, but he became renowned for experiments that profoundly altered our understanding of the brain. Despite their apparent simplicity, his approaches have had a significant impact on neuroscience. Ramachandran delves into the fascinating connections between the brain and behavior, uncovering the intricacies of human perception and consciousness.

    Die Frau, die Töne sehen konnte
    I libri di Quark - 15: La donna che morì dal ridere e altre storie incredibili sui misteri della mente umana
    The Emer Ging mind
    The Tell-tale Brain
    Phantoms in the Brain
    A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness
    • Perché alcune persone ci attraggono sessualmente? Perché ci affascina una certa melodia, un quadro o un tramonto? Come è nato il linguaggio? Come fa il cervello a dare origine alla coscienza? Il famoso neuroscienziato Vilayanur S. Ramachandran indaga le connessioni tra corpo, mente e cervello basandosi sull’osservazione concreta di pazienti che, a causa di difetti genetici o di lesioni cerebrali, presentano sintomi stravaganti e in apparenza inspiegabili. Ci guida così attraverso le più innovative e feconde scoperte scientifiche fino ad aprire prospettive inedite su quelle facoltà che rendono l’uomo davvero unico e speciale fra tutti gli esseri viventi che popolano il nostro pianeta.

      Oscar saggi - 61: L’uomo che credeva di essere morto2017
    • LANGE ZEIT waren es vor allem Philosophen und Psychologen, die den Zusammenhang zwischen Geist, Körper und Gehirn diskutierten. In «Die Frau, die Töne sehen konnte» präsentiert der renommierte Neurowissenschaftler Ramachandran die wichtigsten Erkenntnisse seiner langjährigen Forschung auf diesem Gebiet. ER STELLT Patienten mit außergewöhnlichen und faszinierenden Störungen vor: Synästhetiker wie Esmeralda, die Töne als Farben wahrnimmt, Patrick, der einen Phantomzwilling sieht, welcher seine Bewegungen nachahmt, oder Ali, der felsenfest davon überzeugt ist, dass es ihn nicht gibt. AUSGEHEND VON den neurologischen Besonderheiten dieser Patienten, zieht Vilayanur S. Ramachandran Rückschlüsse auf die Funktionsweise des Gehirns bei gesunden Menschen. Auf diese Weise sucht er zu ergründen, was es ist, das uns von anderen Lebewesen grundlegend unterscheidet - was uns Menschen so einzigartig macht.

      Die Frau, die Töne sehen konnte2013
    • Drawing on strange and thought-provoking case studies, an eminent neurologist offers unprecedented insight into the evolution of the uniquely human brain.

      The Tell-tale Brain2011
      4.2
    • A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness

      From Impostor Poodles to Purple Numbers

      • 208 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      How can some people come to believe that their poodle is an impostor? Or see colors in numbers? Internationally acclaimed neuroscientist, V.S. Ramachandran, now shares his unique insight into human consciousness in an entertaining, inspiring, and intellectually dazzling brief tour of the ultimate frontier—the thoughts in our heads. A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness is made up of five investigations of the greatest mysteries of the brain. The first chapter shows how amputees feel pain in limbs they no longer have as it introduces the great revolution of our neuroscience. The second chapter walks through the way what we see determines our thoughts, and demonstrates the counterintuitive point that believing is in fact seeing. The third chapter takes a leap beyond cutting edge science to audaciously set out a general theory of beauty, explaining why, the world over, cultures have fundamentally similar notions of what is attractive. The fourth chapter explores the bizarre world of synesthetes, people who see colors in numbers, textures in smells, sounds in sights, and flavors in sounds. Finally, V. S. Ramachandran one of the foremost brain researchers in the world today, sums up the implications of the revolution in our understanding of consciousness, to make a fascinating argument about our essential sense of self and its distributed nature.

      A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness2005
      4.7
    • Una donna che sostiene di parlare con Dio, un atleta che ha perso il braccio ma non la sensazione di poterne disporre, un giovane coinvolto in un tragico incidente stradale convinto che i genitori siano stati sostituiti da replicanti, e ancora il caso del celebre umorista e vignettista James Thurber, colto da allucinazioni fantastiche e "sostitutive della realtà" in seguito alla progressiva perdita della vista. Ciascuno di questi disturbi patologici è il punto di partenza per indagare su quella macchina straordinaria e animata che è il cervello, nel tentativo di ricostruirne l'architettura e il funzionamento e di dare una spiegazione alle nostre predisposizioni intellettuali o pratiche, ai nostri comportamenti e stati d'animo.

      I libri di Quark - 15: La donna che morì dal ridere e altre storie incredibili sui misteri della mente umana2003
      4.2
    • "Neuroscientists have gathered empirical evidence about consciousness and human nature. This evidence begins to give substance to some of the intuitive leaps made in the 19th and early 20th century about the nature of the self. This book presents an introduction to the thinking on the brain and the mind by some of the world's leading experts."

      The Emer Ging mind2003
      4.1
    • Phantoms in the Brain

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      `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 Brain1998
      4.3