The Tell-Tale Brain
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The Tell-Tale Brain is a popular neuroscience book by V. S. Ramachandran that explores how unusual brain disorders illuminate the neural basis of human perception, self, and consciousness.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Tell-Tale Brain canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9744051 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Tell-Tale Brain Context triple: [V. S. Ramachandran, notableWork, The Tell-Tale Brain]
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A.
How the Mind Works
How the Mind Works is a popular science book by cognitive scientist Steven Pinker that explores human thought and behavior through the lenses of evolutionary psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience.
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B.
The Believing Brain
The Believing Brain is a popular science book by Michael Shermer that explores how and why humans form beliefs first and then seek evidence to support them, drawing on psychology, neuroscience, and skepticism.
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C.
book The Elephant in the Brain
The Elephant in the Brain is a non-fiction book that explores the hidden, often self-serving motives behind human behavior and social institutions.
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D.
The Human Brain
The Human Brain is a popular science book by Isaac Asimov that explains the structure, function, and mysteries of the human brain for a general audience.
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E.
Hidden Brain
Hidden Brain is a popular NPR podcast and radio show that explores the unconscious patterns driving human behavior, decision-making, and relationships through storytelling and social science.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Tell-Tale Brain Target entity description: The Tell-Tale Brain is a popular neuroscience book by V. S. Ramachandran that explores how unusual brain disorders illuminate the neural basis of human perception, self, and consciousness.
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A.
How the Mind Works
How the Mind Works is a popular science book by cognitive scientist Steven Pinker that explores human thought and behavior through the lenses of evolutionary psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience.
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B.
The Believing Brain
The Believing Brain is a popular science book by Michael Shermer that explores how and why humans form beliefs first and then seek evidence to support them, drawing on psychology, neuroscience, and skepticism.
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C.
book The Elephant in the Brain
The Elephant in the Brain is a non-fiction book that explores the hidden, often self-serving motives behind human behavior and social institutions.
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D.
The Human Brain
The Human Brain is a popular science book by Isaac Asimov that explains the structure, function, and mysteries of the human brain for a general audience.
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E.
Hidden Brain
Hidden Brain is a popular NPR podcast and radio show that explores the unconscious patterns driving human behavior, decision-making, and relationships through storytelling and social science.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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neuroscience book ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
bridge neuroscience and philosophy of mind
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show how brain disorders illuminate normal brain function ⓘ |
| author | V. S. Ramachandran ⓘ |
| awarded | Society for Neuroscience’s Science Educator Award to its author (context) ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| explores |
neural basis of consciousness
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neural basis of human perception ⓘ neural basis of self ⓘ relationship between brain structure and behavior ⓘ |
| genre |
neuroscience
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popular science ⓘ |
| hasPart |
chapters on autism
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chapters on mirror neurons ⓘ chapters on phantom limbs ⓘ chapters on synesthesia ⓘ chapters on visual perception disorders ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
clinical
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evolutionary ⓘ neuropsychological ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Capgras delusion
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autism spectrum disorders ⓘ hemispatial neglect ⓘ phantom limb syndrome ⓘ synesthesia ⓘ visual agnosia ⓘ |
| influencedBy | clinical work with neurological patients ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
consciousness
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human brain ⓘ neuropsychological disorders ⓘ perception ⓘ self ⓘ |
| notableFor |
accessible explanations of complex neuroscience
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discussion of mirror neurons and empathy ⓘ linking brain disorders to normal cognition ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| publisher | W. W. Norton & Company ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness
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Phantoms in the Brain ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general readers
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readers interested in psychology and consciousness ⓘ students of neuroscience ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
case studies of neurological patients
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neuropsychological explanation of unusual symptoms ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Tell-Tale Brain Description of subject: The Tell-Tale Brain is a popular neuroscience book by V. S. Ramachandran that explores how unusual brain disorders illuminate the neural basis of human perception, self, and consciousness.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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