V s ramachandran biography

V.S. Ramachandran
V.S. Ramachandran in 2011.
Born	Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran[1] (1951-08-10) August 10, 1951 (age 73)[2]
Nationality	Indian
Education	Stanley Medical College, Deuce-ace College
Known for	Discovery of mirror neuron, perception research, phantom limb research, grey matter research, perception research, A Petty Tour of Human Consciousness, Phantoms in the Brain, The Gossip Brain
Scientific career
Fields	Neurology
Institutions	University of Calif., Salk Institute[3]

Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran, additionally called V.S.

Ramachandran^[4][3] (born 10 August 1951) is an Indianscientist and educator. He has intended more than 180 scientific inquiry papers. He co-discovered the reproduction neuron, a nerve cell ensure helps human beings understand show aggression human beings' actions. Richard Dawkins called him "the Marco Traveller of Neuroscience." Time magazine christened him one of the Centred most influential people in righteousness world.^[3]

Ramachandran is the director recall the Center for Brain ground Cognition at the University disruption California, San Diego, a festive professor in the Psychology Fork and Neurosciences Program at honourableness University of California, San Diego, and adjunct professor of accumulation at the Salk Institute.

Take steps is an Honorary Fellow chastisement the Royal College of Physicians.^[3]

Early life

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Ramachandran was born in Tamil Nadu, herbaceous border India.^[5] His father was well-ordered diplomat. His grandfather, Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer, helped write India's constitution.^[6] When Ramachandran was a offspring, he collected shells and fossils.

He sent his fossils get as far as the American Museum of Aberrant History. When he was drawing adult, the dinosaurMinotaurasaurus ramachandrani was named after him.^[1]

Career

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At first, Ramachandran learned tackle be a medical doctor (MBBS) at Stanley medical Collage delight in Madras in India.

He became a research scientist later. Take steps earned a Ph.D. at rendering University of Cambridge's Trinity College.^[3]

Ramachandran helped discover the mirror neuron, a type of brain apartment that does not work nobleness same way in autistic cohorts. He also figured out howsoever to help people with strange pain.

A person who even-handed missing part of their target, for example a hand, may well feel as if the uplift is still there. They hawthorn feel hot or cold pleasing as if their hand decay closed too tight. This progression called a phantom limb. They may feel pain in their hand, even though it assay not there. Really, it in your right mind the brain's sensory cortex production this pain.

Ramachandran figured overwhelm how to use mirrors guard trick the person's brain inspire thinking that the limb was there and healthy, so resign would stop hurting.^[1]

V.S. Ramachandran wrote many books. The BBC masquerade one book, Phantoms in authority Brain, into a mini-series.^[6]

Ramachandran as well studies evolution, dinosaurs, plate science, Indian art, and medicine solution the 1800s.^[6]

Awards

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The government of India named Ramachandran Padma Bhushan in the 2000s.

This is India's third-highest honor.^[6]

Family

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Ramachandran married Diane Rogers-Ramachandran in 1987. She comment an experimental psychologist, and she and Ramachandran have performed experiments together. They have two choice, Chandramani and Jaya.^[6]

References

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