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Phantoms in the Brain

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) 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…

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Author
Sandra Blakeslee, Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
Publisher
William Morrow and Company, HarperCollins
Subject
neurophysiology, neuropsychology, neurological disorder, philosophy of mind

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Phantoms in the Brain → Sandra Blakeslee, Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
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Phantoms in the BrainSubjectneurophysiology, neuropsychology, neurological disorder, philosophy of mind1.00infobox

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