
Touching Illusions
Startling deceptions demonstrate how tactile information is processed in the brain
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran is a professor and director of the Center for Brain and Cognition at the University of California, San Diego. Ramachandran's accolades include receiving the Henry Dale Prize of the Royal Institution of Great Britain in London, giving the 2003 Reith Lectures for the BBC and participating in the 2012 Gifford Lectures in Glasgow.
Startling deceptions demonstrate how tactile information is processed in the brain
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