Archive for the 'Mind' Category

There Are No Ghosts in Your Brain

Vilayanur Ramachandran: A journey to the center of your mind

Ramachandran talks at TED about Capgras Syndrom, Phantom Limbs, & Synesthesia.

Christopher deCharms: Looking inside the brain in real time

Mathemagics

This guy squares 5-digit numbers in his head!!!

Richard Dawkins - The Enemies of Reason

God on the Brain

Rudi Affolter and Gwen Tighe have both experienced strong religious visions. He is an atheist; she a Christian. He thought he had died; she thought she had given birth to Jesus. Both have temporal lobe epilepsy.

Frans de Waal on Empathy

Interesting talk by Frans de Waal on Empathy.

I especially liked the simple explanations of the concepts “emotional contagion” & “motor contagion”.