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| known_for = Research in neurology, visual perception, phantom limbs, synesthesia, autism, body integrity identity disorder | prizes = Ariens-Kappers medal (1999), Padma Bhushan (2007), Honorary Fellow, Royal College of Physicians (2014) }} Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran (born 1951) is a neuroscientist known primarily for his work in the fields of behavioral neurology and visual psychophysics. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Graduate Program in Neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego. Ramachandran is also the Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition affiliated with the UC San Diego Department of Psychology.〔http://cbc.ucsd.edu/research.html〕 Ramachandran is noted for his use of experimental methods that make relatively little use of complex technologies such as neuroimaging. Despite the apparent simplicity of his approach, he has generated many new ideas about the brain.〔Anthony, (VS Ramachandran: The Marco Polo of neuroscience ), The Observer, January 29, 2011.〕 Ramachandran is the author of several books that have garnered widespread public interest. These include ''Phantoms In the Brain'' (1999) and ''The Tell-Tale Brain'' (2010). == Early life and education == Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran (in accordance with some Tamil family name traditions, the town of his family's origin, Vilayanur, is placed first) was born in 1951 in Tamil Nadu, India, into a Brahmin family.〔(Brain Games )〕 His father, V.M. Subramanian, was an engineer who worked for the U.N. Industrial Development Organization and served as a diplomat in Bangkok, Thailand.〔(The Science Studio Interview, June 10, 2006, transcript )〕 Ramachandran spent much of his youth moving among several different posts in India and other parts of Asia. As a young man Ramachandran attended schools in Madras, and British schools in Bangkok.〔Ramachandran V.S.,The Making of a Scientist,essay included in Curious Minds:How a Child Becomes a Scientist,page 211 ()〕 He pursued many scientific interests, including conchology.〔 Ramachandran obtained an M.B.B.S. from the University of Madras in Chennai, India,〔Caltech Catalog,1987-1988, page 325〕 and subsequently obtained a Ph.D. from Trinity College at the University of Cambridge. He then spent two years at Caltech, as a research fellow working with Jack Pettigrew. He was appointed Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of California, San Diego in 1983, and has been a full professor there since 1998. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vilayanur S. Ramachandran」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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