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My theory is for why 'time flies' when you are having fun (or really busy) and why it goes slow when you are bored. It goes beyond simply stating that during these interesting activities you are distracted.
This theory relies upon my assumption that when you are performing an interesting activity your eyes are generally more active. Playing a video game or doing a sport for example most likely requires a lot of eye movement compared to a boring activity.
It is said that when you move your eyes your brain cuts out the transition period during the movement (I can't remember where I read this, perhaps in the book Phantoms in the Brain). This is handy as it cuts out all the useless information that your blurry vision in this period would otherwise be sending to your brain. But what is interesting is that your brain distorts your perception of time in order to cut out this period of transition. This is my layman understanding.
My hypothesis is that time seems to go quicker during interesting or busy activities because pieces of time are actually lost or distorted for the higher number of eye movements that occur during this activity.
Edit: Here is a pdf from a nature article I found relating to this time distortion I am talking about.
Then sir, might I recommend this amazing book.
http://www.amazon.com/Phantoms-Brain-Probing-Mysteries-Human/dp/0688172172
For those who don't want to watch the video:
Big Ideas in Brief by Ian Crofton
Sapiens: a Brief History of Human Kind by Yuval Noah Harari
Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind by Sandra Blakeslee and Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery by Henry Marsh
How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers by Robert Sapolsky
The Brain: A Beginner's Guide by Ammar Al-Chalabi, R. Shane Delamont, and Martin R. Turner
Ill go ahead and put in a plug for the book I'm reading right now: The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Or better yet, read V. S. Ramachandran's Phantoms in the Brain. He has been working on solving this problem since the 90's and created the mirror technique.
Yeah it's pretty amazing. The doctor who discovered phantom pain wrote a book about it, if you're interested:
https://www.amazon.ca/Phantoms-Brain-Probing-Mysteries-Human/dp/0688172172/ref=nodl_
It's from 1998 so the science has probably progressed a fair amount, but I think it would still be an interesting read.
Phantoms in the Brain is a great book by Ramachandran concerning what we can learn about how the brain works by studying brain damage and diseases.
You may be interested in Phantoms in the Brain. It covers some of that weird, mind-body disconnect stuff.
I believe I remember reading that V.S. Ramachandran had an insight to this when he was dealing with phantom limb patients. The area of the brain that maps foot and toe sensations is right next to areas which are involved with sexual stimulation. When an area of the brain (especially involved with perception and sensation) lose their means of input and become disused (as in someone losing a limb), those neurons are gradually recruited by nearby brain regions to supplement their functioning. So, in some cases of people losing their lower limbs, those foot-sensation areas became cross-linked with the sexual stimulation areas causing the people to have a sexual reaction when imagining their phantom toes being sucked on.
This may be a neurological explanation for foot-fetishism, but I don't know off the top of my head if this has been followed up with concrete study; it only suggests an avenue for further experimentation. This also does little to explain some of the other, less common fetishes (tickling, scatalogical). It also doesn't concretely answer the question as far as genetic/environmental. We have genetic dispositions for particular brain areas being more interconnected than others, but environmental factors play a huge role in this as well, especially as far as deviations from normal development during childhood. As such, though I don't necessarily agree with them, I also can't 100% discount ideas like sexual imprinting.
tl;dr: This, like most other neurological questions, is really complex and the answer lies somewhere on the continuum between genetics and environmental factors.
edit: Looked it up to be sure. For those that are interested, this was discussed in Phantoms In The Brain.
Phantoms in the Brain, if you enjoy learning about neuroscience or how the mind works and what happens when something goes wrong upstairs, this book is for you.
If you like this, you should definitely check out his book, Phantoms in the Brain. It's one of the most fascinating things I've ever read.
Some excellent popular book options are:
The Tell Tale Brain - V.S. Ramachandran
Phantoms in the Brain - V.S. Ramachandran
Synaptic Self - Joseph LeDoux
Also mentioned by other posters, Norman Doidge and Oliver Sacks.
All of these are really approachable for beginners and I enjoyed them all greatly as an undergrad way back when.
Gurl, the brain is the true dick of the body. It is a trickster. If you ever want a fascinating read, pick up "Phantoms of the Brain" http://www.amazon.com/Phantoms-Brain-Probing-Mysteries-Human/dp/0688172172/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1462300137&sr=8-1&keywords=phantoms+of+the+brain.
Have you seen their Highlights for High School feature?
Also, there are sites like Academic Earth that might be useful.
Here are a few blogs with potential. You'll have to decide for yourself if they have inappropriate content.
Here are a few book recommendations covering various fields, in no particular order (though they should all read #1):
And here's a video interview with Richard Feynman they might enjoy.
Books like The Brain that Changes Itself, Phantoms in the Brain and The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat are all really great reads. They're different cases and accounts of patients treated by the authors who are, I believe, neuroscientists and psychologists. I learned a LOT about how the brain works and relates to the body - but I'll warn you, when you see how flawed our perceptions of the world can be (how easily damaged, fooled or changed), you may have a slight existential crisis. I did. :)
The book he wrote discussing his work on phantom limb sensations is called 'Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind'. I found the experiments and really the whole book fascinating.
The Mirror Box, at least to me, shows how bizarre and flexible the human brain can be while also showing a relatively simple hack that can help reduce the pain and unpleasant sensations from a phantom limb.
Edit: modified some wording
I haven't seen this come up in the comments yet, but there is well known condition called Phantom limbs and phantom pains. It was well-documented in a book called phantoms in the brain by VS Ramachandren (sic?).
In the book he describes people that were in accidents and had amputations but still felt very real pain in their Phantom limbs. He discovered that the solution was to create an illusion of the missing limb by using a mirror contraption, and then somehow performing therapy on the reflection of the limb. There's something about the visual feedback of seeing the phantom limb undergoing therapy that helped.
Edit: phantoms in the brain - http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0688172172?pc_redir=1395668249&robot_redir=1]
I recommend Phantoms in the Brain
I would love to do this, I suggest Phantoms in the brain.
I would recommend books by neurologist V.S. Ramachandran such as Phantoms in the Brain
From a more psychiatric slant, books by Ronald K Siegel like Whispers and Fire in the Brain are collections of case studies about delusions and hallucinations
"Can you walk?"
"Sure I can walk." Mrs. Dodds had been lying in her bed or sitting propped up in a wheelchair for the past two weeks. She had not taken a single step since her fall in the bathroom.
"What about your hands? Hold out your hands. Can you move them?"
Mrs. Dodds seemed mildly annoyed by my questions. "Of course I can use my hands," she said.
"Can you use your right hand?"
"Yes."
"Can you use your left hand."
"Yes, I can use my left hand."
"Are both hands equally strong?"
"Yes, they are both equally strong."
Now this raises an interesting question: How far can you push this line of questioning in these patients? Physicians are generally reluctant to keep on prodding for fear of precipitating what the neurologist Kurt Goldstein called a "catastrophic reaction," which is simply medical jargon for "the patient starts sobbing" because her defences crumble. But I thought, if I took her gently, one step at a time, before actually confronting her with her paralysis, perhaps I could prevent such a reaction.
"Can you touch my nose with your left hand?"
Her hand lay paralyzed in front of her.
"Mrs. Dodds, are you touching my nose?"
"Yes, of course I'm touching your nose."
"Can you actually see yourself touching my nose?"
"Yes, I can see it. It's less than an inch from your face."
At this point Mrs. Dodds produced a frank confabulation, almost a haullicnation, that her finger was nearly touching my nose. Her vision was fine. She could see her arm perfectly clearly, yeet she was insisting that she could see the arm move.
I decided to ask just one more question, "Mrs. Dodds, can you clap?"
With resigned patience she said, "Of course I can clap."
"Will you clap for me?"
Mrs. Dodds glanced up at me and proceeded to make clapping movements with her right hand, as if clapping with an imaginary hand near the midline.
"Are you clapping?"
"Yes, I'm clapping," she replied.
I didn't have the heart to ask her whether she actually heard herself clapping, but, had I done so, we might have found the answer to the Zen master's eternal koan or riddle - what is the sound of one hand clapping?
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from Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind
my thoughts: mere curiosities
First, read Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind.
Then do your presentation on pretty much anything in the book. It is about how physical changes to the brain can cause very weird psychological results, and not just your standard "Phineas Gage" personality changes, either. We're talking the inability to perceive motion, or hallucinating cartoon characters in blind spots... all kinds of crazy stuff.
I agree with The Selfish Gene and Surely You're Joking and would like to add:
V.S. Ramachandran's The Tell-Tale Brain goes into detail regarding synesthesia, among other curious neurological topics. See also: Phantoms in the Brain.
Both books are very easy to read and deliver amazing insight into how the brain actually works. Ramachandran addresses synesthesia (along with mirror neurons and empathy, which are fascinating as shit) more in The Tell-Tale Brain.
Do you like a good read? If so:
Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind
The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies---How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths
I fully endorse his book - Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind
Everything you will ever experience happens in your brain. Books by Oliver Sacks and V.S. Ramachandran are entertaining without being totally overrun by misrepresentations of science.
http://books.google.com/books?id=yzEFK7Xc87YC&dq=principles+of+neural+science&hl=en&source=gbs_navlinks_s
pop sci:
http://www.amazon.com/Phantoms-Brain-Probing-Mysteries-Human/dp/0688172172
http://www.onintelligence.org/
http://www.amazon.com/Quest-Consciousness-Neurobiological-Approach/dp/0974707708
I second the reading idea! Ask your history or science teachers for suggestions of accessible books. I'm going to list some that I found interesting or want to read, and add more as I think of them.
A short history of nearly everything by Bill Bryson. Title explains it all. It is very beginner friendly, and has some very entertaining stories. Bryson is very heavy on the history and it's rather long but you should definitely make every effort to finish it.
Lies my teacher told me
The greatest stories never told (This is a whole series, there are books on Presidents, science, and war as well).
There's a series by Edward Rutherfurd that tells history stories that are loosely based on fact. There are books on London and ancient England, Ireland, Russia, and one on New York
I read this book a while ago and loved it- Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk It's about a monk who was imprisoned for 30 years by the Chinese.
The Grapes of Wrath.
Les Misérables. I linked to the unabridged one on purpose. It's SO WORTH IT. One of my favorite books of all time, and there's a lot of French history in it. It's also the first book that made me bawl at the end.
You'll also want the Adventures of Tom Sawyer, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby, The Federalist Papers.
I'm not sure what you have covered in history, but you'll definitely want to find stuff on all the major wars, slavery, the Bubonic Plague, the French Revolution, & ancient Greek and Roman history.
As for science, find these two if you have any interest in how the brain works (and they're pretty approachable).
Phantoms in the brain
The man who mistook his wife for a hat
Alex and Me The story of a scientist and the incredibly intelligent parrot she studied.
For a background in evolution, you could go with The ancestor's tale
A biography of Marie Curie
The Wild Trees by Richard Preston is a quick and easy read, and very heavy on the adventure. You'll also want to read his other book The Hot Zone about Ebola. Absolutely fascinating, I couldn't put this one down.
The Devil's Teeth About sharks and the scientists who study them. What's not to like?
V.S. Ramachandran's Phantoms in the Brain is an easy, interesting, read that covers a lot of basic brain functions in a general way using colorful stories from Ramachandran's clinical experiences. The Purves book was my first neurobio text in undergrad, but without a biology & chem background Ramachandran's book might be easier to swallow, especially since it is peppered with interesting cases of neurological disorders (i.e. Capgras syndrom, phantom limbs)
How to Read a Book. No joke. Just getting into reading. Only read most of the Harry Potter books as a kid and just sparknoted everything I've had to read for school. So I need to learn the basics.
After that, I plan on reading What Liberal media by Eric Alterman. I torrented all episodes of The Daily Show a few weeks ago and in one of the earlier episodes Eric came in for an interview to plug the book. It's basically about how our "liberal" media is just establishment media.
After that I'm not sure, but there's a million books I want to read and I need more time on my hands...
EDIT: Actually no, after HTRAB I'll be reading Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind by V. S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee as it's a much easier read than What Liberal Media. Already read some of it, it's very fascinating.
Based on this book actually - great read, got me into Cognitive Science. :D
Do you count body brain mapping as real? Do you think it possible that some cross wiring happens? Do you accept that scientists draw conclusions between such things?
Are you happy with such a theory until we create a 400 billion truman show like experiment which breaks all ethical rules?
Atoms probably don't look like that but our model is dann useful and that's important. Until we have real evidence we go with that model.
Here: http://www.amazon.com/Phantoms-Brain-Probing-Mysteries-Human/dp/0688172172
phantoms of the brain by V.S. Ramachandran.
Very nice and interesting read
Phantoms in the Brain
Great book, read it for a class in college in addition to Sacks' book. Foreword for the book is from Sacks as well.
Great book on this phenomenon.
Are you referring to Phantoms in the Brain? There's a bit in there about the neuroscience of belief (fantastic book by the way.)
V.S. Ramachandran's Phantoms in the Brain, hands down.
After reading that book, I began to realize the degree to which our entire lives are controlled by our subconscious minds. How we're tricked into thinking we consciously make certain decisions, and the endless ways our minds can cover up for neurological issues.
Ramachandran made his name learning about how the intact brain works by examining those with brain damage. From the man who ignores half his world, to the woman who insists her own mother is an imposter, to the people with paralyzed or missing limbs who insist absolutely nothing is wrong with them, this is a relatively easy read for a neurology book.
The last half-century was arguably that of networked computing and technology, and I think the following one will be the decade we finally begin to learn more about the primary organ in our bodies that sets us apart as a species. This book is by far the best jumping-off point.
Anything by Dr. Ramachandran, particularly "Phantoms in the Brain".
He has a way of describing complex biopsychological theories in terms that most people can understand.
This book has documented many such cases with possible explanations:
http://www.amazon.com/Phantoms-Brain-Probing-Mysteries-Human/dp/0688172172
Fascinating read.
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Question (BigRedHair):
> First - wow. You're pretty damn lucky to be alive - and I was so glad you were wearing a helmet!
> Did you recognize your ex-step mother when she came in? Did you know that the people visiting were family/friends?
> I may have missed this, but how long is this guy's jail sentence?
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Answer (PRTetu):
> I think he got six months.
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> I recognized my ex-stepmother, but that didn't change the fact that it felt like my first memory. I don't remember anyone else visiting besides my dad's wife who came to grab me when I was released.
Question (chiro_throw):
> Please take your own medical care seriously: http://www.skepdic.com/chiro.html
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> Chiropractic services are not based on science. At worst they can leave dead, or paralyzed for life. Don't take my word for it; educate yourself on any treatment you are looking to or currently receiving.
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> Rather than read the link above, which is quite lengthy - I will admit, wikipedia has a good section on the risk-benift of chiro here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiropractic#Risk-benefit
Answer (PRTetu):
> What is the alternative?
Question (qazplu33):
> >The second time, I had to take the stand and testify against him. I once again refused to look at the evidence photos and was asked things like what I thought his punishment should be.
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> What did you say? I'm not here to criticise anything you say, I'm just curious what you thought. I know I'd want to do... illegal things to him, especially after he half-assed his apology. What a dick.
Answer (PRTetu):
> There was a lot I really wanted to say. He should be castrated without anesthesia so as not to continue to pollute the gene pool and in a very painful way. He should pay me every cent he ever makes. His children should be taken away. He should have to spend all six months of his sentence in solitary confinement with the nyan cat looping on a small speaker barely audibly. I should get to hit him on my bicycle with his truck.
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> What I ended up saying was that he should never drive again and probably spend some time in jail.
Question (jwolf227):
> The driver did turn himself in an hour later. His thoughts were probably oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck I just killed a guy. And often when you get in that highly panicked mindset, the first thing you think is to return to routine, something familiar. He probably went home, calmed down, and realized he needed to account for what he had done.
Answer (PRTetu):
> From the biking blog I linked:
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> "In a sign of the sheer stupidity demonstrated by some drivers — especially those foolish enough to flee the scene of a collision — Travers called police to report he may have been in a collision, after apparently seeing the story on the news. But swore he wasn’t the one who hit the cyclist.
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> Needless to say, police investigators found evidence connecting him to the crime. Which they may never have found if Travers hadn’t attempted to craft a case of implausible deniability."
Question (I_LOVE_ASPARTAME):
> I was attacked in my neighborhood before and don't remember anything from that day and two days before. My body is probably doing me a favor by blocking everything out, but it has been crazy hard dealing with the curiosity of trying to bring the memory forward. i've now come to terms with it and let my defenses shut it out. Yay ptsd
Answer (PRTetu):
> lol yaaaayyyy.
Question (whodafukisethanembry):
> Do you see yourself, someday, returning to biking as a means of transportation?
Answer (PRTetu):
> To this point, I had thought absolutely not. There are some exceptions, but absolutely not on public streets with vehicle access. At least not anytime soon.
Question (jewcebox95):
> I remember hearing about this on the news, I live in Dena. Glad you're doing better and hope everything turns out alright.
Answer (PRTetu):
> Thank you for that.
Question (iheartfirefly):
> Be healthy, physically and mentally. Do good things for yourself. I had some head trauma after an accident a few years ago and the first 18 months was hard...I couldn't remember words, anxiety was BAD, lots of hermit-y stuff but it got easier as I settled into the meds and started living how I envisioned my life (even tho it wasn't comfortable to do.) Good luck, don't be a hero and suffer through the pain - talk to people about it, get help, let your friends be friends, ya know?
Answer (PRTetu):
> Good advice. Thank you.
Question (badluckgod13):
> Holy shit man this sucks. I live right off of foothill boulevard in la Canada I'm so sorry this happened.
Answer (PRTetu):
> I went to LCHS. My father teaches there/coaches golf.
Question (P1h3r1e3d13):
> You may be interested in Phantoms in the Brain. It covers some of that weird, mind-body disconnect stuff.
Answer (PRTetu):
> I will definitely check that out.
Question (yummyfrenchfry):
> glad your ok my friend unfortunately was killed on thursday - http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/inland_empire&id=8736771
Answer (PRTetu):
> It breaks my heart every time I read another one of those.
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> The "Why me?" question as to why I was either hit or survived is kinda out of my head now, but it does come up when I see something like that.
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> Stay strong.
Question (cukabara7047):
> I was struck by a driver last fall who left me with some pretty bad hand injuries, (as my right arm went through his left headlight) but nothing too lasting. He sped off the second I hit the ground, too, but unfortunately there were no witnesses so there were no repercussions.
> Glad to hear your feelin better man, stay safe out there
Answer (PRTetu):
> Glad to hear you weren't more seriously injured.
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> Thanks for the positive vibes.
Question (GimmieMore):
> It went from bad to worse... But there were a lot of factors involved...
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> She actually ended up threatening me with violence for very minimal reasons... regularly.
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> Head injuries are a bitch.
Answer (PRTetu):
> I'm assuming the relationship ended not long after the accident?
Question (antisocialmedic):
> Yeesh. I am sorry to hear that happened to you my friend. Here is hoping to a fast and thorough recovery!
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> Also, do you find the road rash to be as awful as I do? I got hit by a car and dragged for a bit when I was a kid, no broken bones but a ton of road rash. It was pretty awful. I can't imagine having to go through what you did.
Answer (PRTetu):
> To be honest, the road rash wasn't as bad as the joint pain and rampant bruising.
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> Had it just been road rash, I'm sure it would've sucked pretty hard itself. I had some (slight understatement) experience with road rashes as a young care-free skateboarder.
Question (Juliet2yourRomeo):
> Did you have a Significant other at the time of the accident? If so did the dynamic of the relationship change? Have any of your relationships changed in regards to u feeling like a totally new person? Do u have new interests than before ? Haha sorry for the million questions but this is interesting and I'm very glad you survived and I wish you the best in your recovery :)
Answer (PRTetu):
> I did not have a significant other and wasn't dating anyone... that I can recall.
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> I can't really speak to how much relationships have changed as I can't really remember what they were like before. I'm sure if I got a couple friends to hop on here, they could be a little more insightful as far as that goes. As far as the interests, just being interested in social activity is definitely new and not having any interest in MMO's is also a polar shift. I also have an affinity for old movies from the 40s-60s now which I can't ever recall having a remote interest in.
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So many! Dissociative Identity disorder (more commonly know as Multiple Personality Disorder); Psychopathy (especially because we know so little about it.) ; Phantom limbs ; Capgras syndrom ( delusion that a close friend or family member has been replaced by aliens) ; Hyprocondriasis; Narcolepsy; sleep paralysis; Dissociative Fugue ; The case of H.M. (a very well known case study on memory loss. He was a man who suffered retrograde amnesia, but whose working memory was still intact. taught us a lot about different types of memory and their corresponding brain redgions...
There are plenty of others that I cannot think of off the top of my head. But if you are looking for some interesting cases, here are two great books about really strange and interesting psychological phenomenons are "The Man Who Mistook His for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales" by Oliver Sacks , and " Phantoms in the Brain" by V. S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee
The first one includes several cases of patients with inexplicably strange neurological disorders. For example, a man who is no longer able to recognize people and common objects. There is an other story about a man who sometimes wakes suddenly at night, thoroughly convinced that his leg is actually a corpse's leg that somebody has placed in bed with him.
The second book was the text book for my cognitive psych class in second year. Like the first book contains many stories of fantastically strange cases that the author has encountered as a neuroscientist. This book contains more of the psychological and neurological basis for the disorders, and shows how they helped us understand different aspects of behaviour and structures of the brain.
You need to read this and understand that if this was a very powerful feeling, and your friends noticed a change in you, it's almost certain that you had a small stroke. There is a known and measurable area in the brain that, when damaged, causes religious feelings - specifically the attachment of religious significance to certain things.
https://www.amazon.com/Phantoms-Brain-Probing-Mysteries-Human/dp/0688172172
As someone who hates neuro, this book about neuro is really good.
http://www.amazon.com/Phantoms-Brain-Probing-Mysteries-Human/dp/0688172172/ref=asap_B001IGHMGU?ie=UTF8
The author, V.S. Ranachandran, is a really interesting dude and did one of the better ted talks i've ever seen.
http://www.amazon.com/Phantoms-Brain-Probing-Mysteries-Human/dp/0688172172
I suggest Phantoms in the Brain by V.S. Ramachandran (and his subsequent TED.com talks) to anyone dealing with this issue.
While I am not an amputee I was facinated by Dr. Ramachandran's work with 'phantom limb' syndrome and other areas of neurological facination.
I'm unaware of how common these types of issues are for such patients, but I hope this read may help some people here if needed.
The best online resource I can think of for brain function and organization is http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/
For each subject you can adjust the how complex the explaination is from beginner to advanced and the level of organization from molecular up to social.
Some good non-fiction books if you're interested in learning: The Brain That Changes Itself (neuroplasticity), The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog (brain development and how its changed by early experience), Phantoms in the Brain (brain function and expression; theres also a BBC doc on youtube)
This seems to have accessible stuff on neural pruning in learning and development: http://www.brainbasics.org/home/neural-pruning
This Wikipedia page Biological Basis of Personality and Googling 'neural substrates personality' gives a lot of information as well, though its a mixed bag of whether its relevent or accessible.
I highly recommend reading Phantoms in the Brain by Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, where he discusses this topic and qualia's physiological basis.
May I recommend the full Ted Talk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl2LwnaUA-k
V. S. Ramachandran is awesome, also he is funny! I recommend his books:
http://www.amazon.com/Tell-Tale-Brain-Neuroscientists-Quest-Makes/dp/0393340627/ref=la_B001IGHMGU_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1371890926&sr=1-2
http://www.amazon.com/Phantoms-Brain-Probing-Mysteries-Human/dp/0688172172/ref=la_B001IGHMGU_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1371890926&sr=1-1
No, although it does contain lots of interesting case studies.
This is the book:
https://www.amazon.com/Phantoms-Brain-Probing-Mysteries-Human/dp/0688172172/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1468079092&sr=8-1&keywords=phantoms+in+the+brain+ramachandran
Anyone interested in phantom limbs should check out Phantoms in the Brain. Really fascinating case studies in there. Including the story of the first phantom limb amputation.
Huxley's The Doors of Perception is a great read. So are the autobiographical sections of PiHKAL and TiHKAL by Alexander Shulgin. And back in my stoner days, I used to really enjoy reading books about neuroscience like Phantoms in the Brain by V S Ramachandran and discussing them while high.
What exactly are you asking for here?