Thursday, May 8, 2008

A Journey to the Center of Your Mind

This video is 24 minutes long; far too long to casually post on a blog. But I find it absolutely fascinating...

It's a talk given at TED in 2007 by Neurologist Vilayanur Ramachandran about how brain damage can reveal the connections between the physical brain and the mind:



Here is a time code cheat sheet in case you want to skip to a specific topic:
2:10 - Capgrass Syndrome
9:30 - Phantom Limbs
17:50 - Synesthesia
Here is a link to the full TED page, with a bio of Dr. Ramachandran.

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