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status: To Read
title: Phantoms in the Brain
subtitle: Human Nature and the Architecture of the Mind
description: Using a series of case studies, 'Phantoms in the brain' introduces a strange and unexplored mental world. Ramachandran, through his research into brain damage, has discovered that the brain can react in strange ways to major physical changes.
categories:
- Medical
- Non-fiction
- Science
authors:
- [[V. S. Ramachandran]]
- [[Sandra Blakeslee]]
published_on: 2005
publisher: Harpercollins Pub Limited
pages: 328
isbn: 1857028953
cover: http://books.google.com/books/content?id=RdkfQAAACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
local_cover: 50 Resources/51 Attachments/51.03 Public/Phantoms in the Brain (book).jpg
link: https://amzn.to/3zzfjdy
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- books
- summaries
- neuroscience
- brain
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- zone/areas/literature_notes
created: 2024-07-08T15:36
updated: 2026-04-01T14:45
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# Phantoms in the Brain (book)
- Author(s): [[V. S. Ramachandran]], [[Sandra Blakeslee]]
- Link: https://amzn.to/3zzfjdy
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