Phantoms in the Brain

Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind
Cover of Phantoms in the Brain
AuthorSandra Blakeslee, Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
Subjectneurophysiology, neuropsychology, neurological disorder, philosophy of mind
PublisherWilliam Morrow and Company, HarperCollins

Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind (also published as Phantoms in the Brain: Human Nature and the Architecture of the Mind)[1] is a 1998 popular science book by neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran and New York Times science writer Sandra Blakeslee, discussing neurophysiology and neuropsychology as revealed by case studies of neurological disorders.

The book, which began as a lecture presented to the Society for Neuroscience, features a foreword by neuroscientist and author Oliver Sacks.[2][3]

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