![]() ![]() The neurologist Oliver Sacks wrote: “No one is better than V. Pre-publication endorsements (book blurbs) The book won the 2010 Vodafone Crossword Book Award (Non-Fiction). It received mostly positive reviews, with some criticism particularly focusing on Ramachandran's theories about mirror neurons. ![]() Tell-Tale Brain was on the New York Times best-seller list (Number 32 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list). The final chapter, chapter nine, "The Ape With A Soul" concerns introspection and human self-awareness. Ramachandran proposes "nine laws of aesthetics," which he discusses in chapters seven and eight. Chapters four and five talk about mirror neurons, while chapter six discusses human language. In chapter three, he connects ideas about synesthesia to creativity. The second chapter describes some of his work with visual perception and cognition, addressing the concept of human awareness. In the first chapter, Ramachandran discusses the human ability to change and adapt, illustrating the concept from his work on phantom limbs. The concepts are: unity, continuity, embodiment, privacy, social embedding, free will, and self-awareness. Ramachandran discusses seven main concepts which define the human aspect of self and how each may be disrupted by a specific neurological disorder. Ramachandran that explores the uniqueness of human nature from a neurological viewpoint. The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human is a 2010 nonfiction book by V. ![]()
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