Secrets of the mind

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Dr. Vilayanur Ramachandran, a neuroscientist, is fascinated by patients who have unusual abilities or defects in the way they perceive the world. These include such puzzling phenomena as the phanto...

Dr. Vilayanur Ramachandran, a neuroscientist, is fascinated by patients who have unusual abilities or defects in the way they perceive the world. These include such puzzling phenomena as the phantom pain experienced in a missing, amputated limb, or the inability to recognize a familiar face following a stroke. From these strange cases, Ramachandran is building a novel vision of how the brain works. "Secrets of the Mind" dramatizes the intimate stories of Ramachandran's encounters with his extraordinary patients.

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