Phantoms in the Brai: Human Nature and the Architecture of the Mind

An amazing book by VS Ramachandran sir, I am an admirer of his work and have learned a lot from his texts and talks. The book has very well described the intriguing aspects of the human brain and phantom pain, it has been written with a perfect balance to satisfy the demands of people belonging to medical and scientific community, also offering lay readers a great and lucid content to hold their interest. Being in medical field this book has supplemented my knowledge about neuroscience to which I have a lot of curiosity.

I fall short of words in appreciation for this book. I am professional from an allied applied field and could understand the content much better and even than much knowledge was acquired. The last chapter 'Do Martians see red' was very deep and will require several readings to understand. Another important aspect is the ideas of simplicity of experiments and the richness of thinking gives zeal to the young reader to continue to strive in the areas of difficult research with out loosing heart. The language was thrilling and the flow of the contents connected well. The notes section in particular took greater time to read and understand.I will request prof. Ramchandran to consider changing the cover picture as it dosen't do justice to the depth of content except for the obsession for color vision.

Very interesting book

Product- recieved an excellent copy of the book.Content-WANNA KNOW ABOUT SOME TRICKS OUT BRAIN PLAYS ON US? The science behind it has puzzled neurologists and neuroscientist for ages! This book shines some light on those puzzling questions!Very informative with a lot of REAL content! Patients and real experiences! The book is written in a very basic language, hence a non medical background person and layman can also read and understand it.As it is already reviewed by OLIVER SACKS! It’s 100% a worthy book.RECOMMEND IT!!!! (:

I read this book with a lot of interest and found it made good seamless reading. A hardcore book on medical diagnosis is written in a simple and reader friendly manner. Such books are needed today to help us understand our own physiology and help ourselves take care of our own health as well as that of the family.The case studies are typical and help the reader understand difficult concepts easily. Even some of the very technical terms while describing different parts of the brain do not come in the way of comprehension. I liked reading it and warmly recommend it to non-medical people to read and understand.I congratulate the author for giving us a good book.

A great read, along with Tell-Tale Brain by the same author.

Overall, the book was informative but some of the chapters were tedious. I know very little about the brain and therefore had trouble understanding the author, who has an MD in neurology and a PhD in neuroscience.Chapter 8 describes the fascinating "Capgras' delusion" wherein the patient thinks his loved ones are impostors. Chapter 9 was riveting; it describes the phenomenon of genius which, the author says, is NOT synonymous with superhuman intelligence. Chapter 10 tries to explain why we have evolved to laugh and smile.I didn't like the print quality of the book.