Phantoms in the Brain

The brain is called the "final border" of science; it is the most difficult nut, but it contains a lot of information, a true treasury of knowledge enriching our understanding of human nature. One way neuroscientists study the brain is what happens when the brain fails - the cause of brain damage, whether abnormalities can be identified, and whether neurological abnormalities can be associated with physiological problems How about - case study. In his book "Ghost in the Brain" V.S.

54 ghosts from the brain of VS Ramachandran. VS Ramachandran is known for using a mirror box to figure out a way to repair "phantom limbs" (the brain still believes that cutting is a cause of painful pain) Basically I deceived the brain to think about the limb destroyed by the accident. It appeared. 56 Andrew Solomon's noon devil. This is one of my favorite books - Solomon like Kaijaminsen suffers from depression and explains his mental distress as only talented writer can do it. Solomon 's father was an executive at a pharmaceutical company that developed early antidepressants, and Solomon wrote about the importance of medicine among many other writers. I need to read

V. S. Ramachandran, a ghost in the brain. It begins as a curious case explained primarily by a hat explaining his wife associated with illusions and limbs (eg, having half of his body and denying it, not doing it) I will do my best to invent reasons, she is tired, maybe she is really moved, but you did not notice, maybe this is the hands of her brothers), this is very funny , But arguments about less useful cause and verifiable hypothesis are useful. And that is a better part of the book.

Recently, I began to read the book "The Ghost in the Brain" by Dr. VS Ramachandran. This describes the specificity of the dislocation. In order to explain this phenomenon humorously, visitors to the museum's dinosaur exhibition are guessing the age of the specimen. When the gatekeeper tells him he knows it will happen It's 60 million and 3 I am years old! The visitor was shocked by the answer and asked to explain that the cleaner said that someone said the sample was about 60 million years old when I entered the art museum three years ago.