Archive for the 'Mind' Category
Ramachandran talks at TED about Capgras Syndrom, Phantom Limbs, & Synesthesia.
This guy squares 5-digit numbers in his head!!!
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.
Interesting talk by Frans de Waal on Empathy.
I especially liked the simple explanations of the concepts “emotional contagion” & “motor contagion”.