Book description
John, aged sixty, suffered a stroke and recovered fully, except in
one respect: although he can see perfectly, he can no longer recognise
faces, even his own reflection in a mirror.
Whenever Francesca touches a particular texture, she experiences a
vivid emotion: denim = extreme sadness; wax = embarrassment; orange
peel = shock.
Jimmie, whose left arm was recently amputated, can still feel it -
and it's itchy.
Our brains are the most enchanting and complex things in the known
universe - but what happens when they go wrong? Dr V. S. Ramachandran,
'the Sherlock Holmes of brain science' and one of the world's leading
neuroscientists, has spent a lifetime working with patients who suffer
from rare and baffling brain conditions. In The Tell-Tale
Brain, he tells their stories, and explores what they reveal about
the greatest mystery of them all: how our minds work, and what makes
each of us so uniquely human.
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran is widely held to be the most exciting
neuroscientist alive. Director of the Centre for the Brain at the
University of California, San Diego, he has received many honours and
awards. His previous book, the critically acclaimed
Phantoms in the Brain
, was the basis for a Channel Four TV series.
