V.S. Ramachandran's Tales Of The 'Tell-Tale Brain' Hide captionEven basic sensory maps in the brain can be remapped in a matter of months, says neurologist V.S. Ramachandran. Mads Abildgaard/iStockphoto.com Even basic sensory maps in the brain can be remapped in a matter of months, says neurologist V.S. Ramachandran. Dr. In his latest, The Tell-Tale Brain, Ramachandran describes several neurological case studies that illustrate how people see, speak, conceive beauty and perceive themselves and their bodies in 3-D space. Take, for example, the clinical phenomenon known as the "phantom limb. " Where Phantom Limb Pain Originates Several years ago, Ramachandran proposed that phantom limb pain might be caused by changes in the brain — not, as most people thought, in the peripheral nerves near the phantom limb. W.W. The Tell-Tale BrainBy V.S. Read An Excerpt "[It] was based on an idea that there's a complete map of the body's surface on the surface of the brain," he tells Fresh Air's Dave Davies.
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