Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind
By (author): "Oliver Sacks, Sandra Blakeslee, V.S. Ramachandran"
Publish Date:
1998
ISBN0688172172
ISBN139780688172176
AsinPhantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind
Original titlePhantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind
What would you say about a woman who, despite stroke-induced paralysis crippling the entire left side of her body, insists that she is whole and strong--who even sees her left hand reach out to grasp objects? Freud called it "denial"; neurologists call it "anosognosia." However it may be labeled, this phenomenon and others like it allow us peeks into other mental worlds and afford us considerable insight into our own.