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V. S. Ramachandran. Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran (born 10 August 1951) is an Indian-American neuroscientist. He is known for his wide-ranging experiments and theories in behavioral neurology, including the invention of the mirror box.
Learn about the brain's most basic mechanisms and functions from V.S. Ramachandran, a neurologist who studies phantom limb pain, synesthesia and other disorders. Watch his TED talks and read his books on human consciousness and neuroscience.
Emeritus Distinguished Professor. vramachandran@ucsd.edu. (858) 534-6240 or (858) 534-7907. Mandler 3560. Research Interests. Selected Publications. Dr. Ramachandran's major areas of research are: cognitive neuroscience, behavioral neurology - the study of cognitive and perceptual deficits in human neurological patients, neural plasticity and ...
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V.S. Ramachandran is Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition and a distinguished professor with the psychology and neurosciences programs at UC San Diego, as well as an adjunct professor of biology at the Salk Institute.
By producing what Ramachandran called a ‘virtual reality’, relating in varied and complex ways to the material world, the mirror reproduced a form of psycho-physical parallelism and dualistic ontology, while conforming to the materialist norms of neuroscience today.
- Katja Guenther
- 10.1017/mdh.2016.27
- 2016
- Med Hist. 2016 Jul; 60(3): 342-358.
Feb 14, 2011 · Dr. V.S. Ramachandran is a neurologist and professor at the University of California, San Diego, who studies the neural mechanisms underlying human behaviors. He has written several books...
