Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

Indian-American neuroscientist · India · On the map · Educators · Born 1951 · age 75

Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran is an Indian-American neuroscientist. He is known for his experiments and theories in behavioral neurology, including the invention of the mirror box.

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran is read about 145 times a day, in 29 languages.

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2017“Any ape can reach for a banana, but only a human can reach for the stars or even know what that means.”In their words4 April 2017"VS Ramachandran: The Sherlock Holmes Of Neuroscience," (SwarajayaRead the whole statement

“Whether a country is to be called 'civilised' or not, depends not on how affluent the upper 10 per cent are, but how well they treat the lower 10 per cent.”In their words4 April 2017"VS Ramachandran: The Sherlock Holmes Of Neuroscience," (SwarajayaRead the whole statement

2010“What neurology tells us is that the self consists of many components, and the notion of one unitary self may well be an illusion.”In their wordsp. 247Read the whole statement

“Your "conscious life" is an elaborate after-the-fact rationalization of things you really do for other reasons.”In their wordsp. 249Read the whole statement

“Science tells us we are merely beasts, but we don't feel like that. We feel like angels trapped inside the bodies of beasts, forever craving transcendence.”In their wordsBBC Reith Lectures, quoted in p. 291Read the whole statement