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- Narrated by: David Drummond
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V. S. Ramachandran is at the forefront of his field - so much so that Richard Dawkins dubbed him the "Marco Polo of neuroscience". Now, in a major new work, Ramachandran sets his sights on the mystery of human uniqueness.
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The Accidental Mind
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You've probably seen it before: a human brain dramatically lit from the side, the camera circling it like a helicopter shot of Stonehenge, and a modulated baritone voice exalting the brain's elegant design in reverent tones... to which this book says: Pure nonsense.
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As distracted as Da Vinci
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In Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep?, neuroscientists and zombie enthusiasts Timothy Verstynen and Bradley Voytek apply their neuro-know-how to dissect the puzzle of what has happened to the zombie brain to make the undead act differently than their human prey. Combining tongue-in-cheek analysis with modern neuroscientific principles, Verstynen and Voytek show how zombism can be understood in terms of current knowledge regarding how the brain works.
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Whether it’s brusque, convincing, fraught with emotion, or dripping with innuendo, language is fundamentally a tool for conveying meaning - a uniquely human magic trick in which you vibrate your vocal cords to make your innermost thoughts pop up in someone else’s mind. You can use it to talk about all sorts of things - from your new labradoodle puppy to the expansive gardens at Versailles, from Roger Federer’s backhand to things that don’t exist at all, like flying pigs.
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Hard to endure
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The Self Illusion
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The Self Illusion provides a fascinating examination of how the latest science shows that our individual concept of a self is in fact an illusion. Most of us believe that we possess a self - an internal individual who resides inside our bodies, making decisions, authoring actions and possessing free will. The feeling that a single, unified, enduring self inhabits the body is compelling and inescapable. But that sovereignty of the self is increasingly under threat from science as our understanding of the brain advances.
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Disappointing
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Anthropologist Jeremy Narby has altered how we understand the Shamanic cultures and traditions that have undergone a worldwide revival in recent years. Now, in one of his most extraordinary journeys, Narby travels the globe - from the Amazon Basin to the Far East - to probe what traditional healers and pioneering researchers understand about the intelligence present in all forms of life. Intelligence in Nature presents overwhelming illustrative evidence that independent intelligence is not unique to humanity alone.
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Favorite part was untrue :(
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- Eleanor
- 09-25-12
Fascinating, but needs an editor
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A really fascinating book, combining cognitive science with speculation about the nature of consciousness (and clearly differentiating between the two). The tone is rather pompous (and the reader doesn't help) but the real problem is that sentences and phrases get repeated verbatim throughout the book, making you wonder if you hit the wrong button on your iPod.
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- Dreamer
- 02-10-15
Insight in paradigm changing doses
If you could sum up The Tell-Tale Brain in three words, what would they be?
Illuminating, Explanatory, Psycho-Physics
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Tell-Tale Brain?
Hearing of the detailed experiments devised to tease out information away from the variables. Singling out what you want to look at is difficult in every area of science, but such a tall task in the sometimes seemingly chaotic soup of the brain's many processes.
Have you listened to any of David Drummond’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
I have not before. I was very impressed. Initially upon downloading I was disappointed to find it was not read by Ramachandran himself as I've grown fond of his endearing accent from many hours of lecture online. This proved not to bother me no more than a minute or two into the recording. Mr. Drummond does an outstanding job being clear while still managing to exude some of the boundless enjoyment and fascination that should come from any pop science offering.
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You, the you behind your eyes, are a vivid hallucination pieced together by many subtle seemingly disconnected processes. Whenever any of these processes fail, you change radically. Follow us as we discover some of the myriad pillars of consciousness. As we discover who you really are.
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Highly recommend a fairly firm grasp of evolutionary theory. Though it can likely be enjoyed without a university level grasp, much subtlety (read elegant beauty) would be lost.
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- Pony
- 05-19-14
Fascinating, enlightening and a little bizzare
I absolutely love the way the author explains the brain, the most dynamic description. For someone who loves neurobiology but has never officially studied it, this was a very new way of thinking about the brain, so fluid versus static and compartmentalized. The portions on his actual research are much more entrancing then those on his speculations.
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- Conor
- 04-25-11
Some novel science plus a lot of speculation
Having heard of Ramachandran's work before reading this book, I had high expectations. Some of those were fulfilled, in hearing about synaesthesia and mirror neurons. However there is also a huge amount of plain discussion and even sheer speculation about art, beauty, and the evolution of human preferences. For example, he invents a list of principles of aesthetics, without reference to any artists or prior thinking on the subject. Overall there was enough science to make it interesting. The narration is a bit breathless, like listening to 777-FILM.
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- Crystal
- 03-31-16
Loved it
Would have been better with the accompanying pdf of images mentioned throughout for reference, it becomes hard to follow in some chapters without them
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- John
- 03-06-19
Fascinating
Full of deep thoughts and interesting examples of patients with neurological conditions that help illustrate the concepts. I was initially put off by the delivery of the narrator as he spoke in a tone akin to a TV or radio announcer. However, he’s easy to understand and his style grew on me by the end.
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- SWD
- 09-15-19
I am fascinated by V.S. Ramachandran and his work
I learned so many new things about the brain in this book. I was most interested in the section about mirror neurons. I thought the chapters on art were too long. Overall, I always enjoy books and videos by V.S. Ramachandran and how he is able to describe things in layman's terms.
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- David
- 02-06-18
Enlightening and superbly interesting!!
This book was absolutely interesting from beginning to end. It was difficult to follow at times but ultimately entertaining.
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- MercurialMoods
- 08-07-16
Great book but a little technical
This is a great book; but since it's an audiobook, if you aren't familiar with brain structures off the top of your head then it can be a little confusing for the average layman reader.
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- luis
- 11-03-16
Boring, monotone.I love the topic but not this
not loved it. Boring, monotones, not easy to digest as a topic, so petty. sorry
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