Phantoms in the brain by vs ramachandran6/24/2023 ![]() ![]() He has shown that the body image is a malleable internal construct and that perception extracts statistical correlations to create a temporarily useful model (p. Armed with a genius for unaided visual observation and inductive reasoning in an era of fine pixel (voxel) resolution and gross computer subtractions, Ramachandran has been able to make significant contributions to the understanding of how the brain represents the body self. In the chapter “Chasing the Phantom,” the authors present Ramachandran’s astonishingly creative experiments with patients who experience phantom limb phenomena. ![]() Ramachandran further argues that most of the discoveries of neurology that have withstood the test of time were based on single case studies. Even in that company, this book does not disappoint. In the preface, Ramachandran defends his writing this popular science book by citing the popular tradition of Galileo, Huxley, Faraday, Sagan, Sacks, and Pinker. ![]()
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