Vilayanur Ramachandran tells us what brain damage can reveal about the connection between celebral tissue and the mind, using three startling delusions as examples.
V.S. Ramachandran is Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition
Link: http://cbc.ucsd.edu/index.html
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilayanur_S._Ramachandran
Source: http://www.ted.com/speakers/vilayanur_ramachandran
Neurologist V.S. Ramachandran looks deep into the brain’s most basic mechanisms. By working with those who have very specific mental disabilities caused by brain injury or stroke, he can map functions of the mind to physical structures of the brain.
Why you should listen
V.S. Ramachandran is a mesmerizing speaker, able to concretely and simply describe the most complicated inner workings of the brain. His investigations into phantom limb pain, synesthesia and other brain disorders allow him to explore (and begin to answer) the most basic philosophical questions about the nature of self and human consciousness.
Ramachandran is the director of the Center for Brain and Cognition at the University of California, San Diego, and an adjunct professor at the Salk Institute. He is the author of Phantoms in the Brain (the basis for a Nova special), A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness and The Man with the Phantom Twin: Adventures in the Neuroscience of the Human Brain.
What others say
“Ramachandran is a latter-day Marco Polo, journeying the silk road of science to strange and exotic Cathays of the mind. He returns laden with phenomenological treasures...which, in his subtle and expert telling, yield more satisfying riches of scientific understanding.” — Richard Dawkins
Link: http://cbc.ucsd.edu/index.html
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilayanur_S._Ramachandran
Source: http://www.ted.com/speakers/vilayanur_ramachandran
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