Phantoms in the Brain by V.S. Ramachandran

Ramachandran's works have been translated into eight languages. Contributor to periodicals, including Consciousness and Cognition, Discover, National Geographic, Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Science, and Scientific American. (With Sandra Blakeslee) Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind, Morrow ( New York, NY), 1998.Ī Brief Tour of Human Consciousness: From Imposter Poodles to Purple Numbers, Pi Press ( New York, NY), 2004.Įnigmatic Lives of Celebrities: A Compendium of Revelations, RoseDog Books (Pittsburgh, PA), 2006.Ĭontributor to books, including AI and the Eye, edited by R. Resident fellow, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1979-81 Reith Lecturer, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 2003 Rouse Ball Scholar gold medal, Australian National University fellow, All Souls College, Oxford 'Decade of the Brain' lecturer at the Society for Neuroscience's Silver Jubilee Ariens Kappers Medal, Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, for landmark contributions in neuroscience Presidential Lecture Award, American Academy of Neurology named to Newsweek magazine's 'Century Club' honorary degree, Connecticut College. Neurosciences Institute, La Jolla, CA, fellow Institute for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, fellow. University of California, San Diego, professor and director of the Center for Brain and Cognition, 1983- Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, adjunct professor. Office-Center for Brain and Cognition, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093-0109.

Education: Stanley Medical College, M.D., 1974 Trinity College, University of Cambridge, Ph.D., 1978.

J.B.S.Born August 10, 1951, in Madras, India emigrated to the United States married, 1987. Laurence Miller The world shall perish not for lack of wonders, but for lack of wonder. And- most important-from this model may evolve the insights and tools we need to affect our own lives, mold our own destinies, change ourselves and our society in ways that, as yet, we can only imagine. The Rubàiyât of Omar Khayyam By the deficits, we may know the talents, by the exceptions, we may discern the rules, by studying pathology we may construct a model of health. Ramachandran, M.D., Ph.D., and Sandra Blakeslee 1998 For in and out, above, about, below, Tis nothing but a Magic Shadow−show Play'd in a Box whose Candle is the Sun, Round which we Phantom Figures come and go. Publication date 1998 Topics Phantoms in the Brain Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind By V.S.

Phantoms in the Brain by V.S. Ramachandran