Adjacent to the motor cortex is the "somatosensory cortex," which is the area of the brain that receives sensations from the body. In the program "Secrets of the Mind," Dr. Ramachandran's ...

Does the same sort of remapping in the brain take place when body parts other than arms and hands are lost? One day I got a call from a young woman in Boston. "Dr. Ramachandran," she said ...

Neuroscientist Vilayanur Ramachandran, Director of the Centre for Brain and Cognition at the University of California, lectures on new insights into the human brain's workings.

Wizards fanatic Nitin Ramachandran discusses his Make-A-Wish granted by the Washington basketball team, and how it helped boost his spirits as he battled brain cancer. Yellowstone to Yosemite ...