Phantoms in the Brain : Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind

from koeniel

Who am I? At least once in his lifetime, everyone must have faced this question. It is a hard question to answer and this book shows that it is probably a lot more harder than we think. For this book shows that the idea of "I", of "myself" is actually an illusion. It is something formed by the ac...

from joyhclark

Very interesting cases and insight into the complexities of the human brain.

from closedmouth

(Reviewed August 20, 2008) A bit of a schizophrenic read. The first two thirds are dumbed-down to an amazing extent, and the last third tends to ramble. Rama has a very high opinion of his own views, and has a tendency to say things like "most scientists think this. Well, they're all wrong and I'...

from GlennBell

This was an excellent book. The author has an ability to derive interesting concepts and tests from case studies. He is insightful and logical. Some concepts discussed are theoretical but are worthy of further investigation. I was not aware of some of the odd cases that he described. I recommend ...

from manick

Good book on brain function. Lucid writting and wonderful style.