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9 Reddit comments about The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human:

u/plassma · 4 pointsr/neuro

I think that V.S. Ramachandran's The Tell Tale Brain might be a good place to start. His writing style is very accessible and he really gives you an awe-inspiring sense of the multifaceted intrigue of studying the brain. I think if you start there, you will enter the neuro field with a great perspective to encourage growth and curiosity. If you run into any problems or difficult concepts, you can always just come back here! I've found everyone at this subreddit to always be more than helpful.

Good Luck!

u/chase_what_matters · 3 pointsr/musiccognition

V.S. Ramachandran's The Tell-Tale Brain goes into detail regarding synesthesia, among other curious neurological topics. See also: Phantoms in the Brain.

Both books are very easy to read and deliver amazing insight into how the brain actually works. Ramachandran addresses synesthesia (along with mirror neurons and empathy, which are fascinating as shit) more in The Tell-Tale Brain.

u/The_Real_Baldero · 2 pointsr/AskReddit

If you like that book, you might like this one. Written by a neuroscientist who's done work with phantom limbs, personality changes due to brain injury and other neurological oddities. His explanation of the brains various parts and functions blew my mind.

u/Leockard · 1 pointr/musiccognition

If you have already read his past books, then don't buy the new one. It's mostly a repetition of what he has already said, only with a few new ideas. Admittedly, his ideas about art are interesting but they are not the main subject of the new book and thus, are not that well developed.

For reference, this is the book.

u/DrJorneyBrongus · 1 pointr/DebateReligion

You should read this. It explains it rather well. Just because we can't map out exactly how conciousness works doesn't mean it has to by mysterious. Your brain is a network, remove enough pieces of it and that network ceases to exist.

You can think of it like the internet. I may not know every website it is or how every website contributes to every other website. But I don't think the internet is some mysterious magical thing. Remove google, remove reddit, remove wikipedia, remove my friend's blog, remove the wires under ground, remove my modem, remove your modem etc and you start to dismantle it. But all things things together make "the internet".

Really the brain works the same way based on all the evidence we have. Remove certain regions and you begin to see certain aspects of consciousness slip away. Everything from memory, to processing visuals, to processing language, to understanding how to make choices and even to the concept of self. Everything can be contributed to physical regions in the brain that are repeatable and verifiable. We just don't have the 100% picture of it yet.

u/AtheistKharm · 1 pointr/DebateAnAtheist

wow man.. you need to get into science. There is a lot more to the brain and especially the mind than just chemicals. Here is a play list I made on some things I find fascinating in neuroscience. It may serve to get you interested enough to read up on it more. If you find those videos interesting then you might enjoy reading The Tell-Tale Brain

u/certahigh · 1 pointr/IAmA

i'm sure you've heard of him, V.S. Ramachandran, he just wrote a book which focused on synesthesias. You should check him out if you don't already know about him. link to book