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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 500 EAN: 9781861973030 ISBN: 1861973039 Label: Profile Books Ltd Manufacturer: Profile Books Ltd Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: December 04, 2003 Publisher: Profile Books Ltd Studio: Profile Books Ltd Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Life is a matter of wires in the brainThe two main themes in this short but important book are that 1. by studying neurological syndromes, we acquire novel insights into the functions of the normal brain; 2. the functions of the brain are best understood from an evolutionary vantage point. V. Ramachandran's examples illustrate profusely that there is no separate 'mind stuff' and 'physical stuff' in the universe. The two are one and the same. Mind is a matter of matter. There is also an indisputable link ... Read More Rating:  - Warning!I was disappointed to find that this book contains exactly the same material as Ramachandran's other book, "A brief tour of human consciousness." I'm not sure why the same material was published twice under two different titles. Also, if you're interested in Ramachandran's research, I would recommend instead his 1999 book "Phantoms in the Brain." It contains a lot more material, much of which is duplicated in the Reith lectures. 
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