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Três pistas para perceber o nosso cérebro

Vilayanur Ramachandran conta-nos o que as lesões cerebrais podem revelar sobre a ligação entre o tecido cerebral e o espírito, usando como exemplo três delírios surpreendentes.

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Vilayanur Ramachandran conta-nos o que as lesões cerebrais podem revelar sobre a ligação entre o tecido cerebral e o espírito, usando como exemplo três delírios surpreendentes.

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Vilayanur Ramachandran

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Neurologist V.S. Ramachandran looks deep into the brain’s most basic mechanisms. By working with those who have very specific mental disabilities caused by brain injury or stroke, he can map functions of the mind to physical structures of the brain.