Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

Vilayanur S. "Rama" Ramachandran is a neurologist best known for his work in the fields of behavioral neurology and psychophysics. He has been called “The Marco Polo of neuroscience” by Richard Dawkins and "the modern Paul Broca" by Eric Kandel. Newsweek magazine named him a member of "The Century Club", one of the "hundred most prominent people to watch" in the 21st century. Ramachandran’s forté is studying neurological syndromes to investigate neural mechanisms underlying human mental function. He is especially known for the simplicity and elegance of his experiments – usually using very 'low-tech' equipment to try and answer fundamental questions about how the brain functions. Ramachandran is best known for his work on neurological syndromes such as phantom limbs, autism, neglect, his invention of the mirror box, and his more recent work on synesthesia. He is currently the Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition, Professor in the Psychology Department and Neurosciences Program at the University of California, San Diego, and Adjunct Professor of Biology at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. (remixed from Wikipedia.) more on wikipedia.org