3 Informational Videos About the Brain




3 clues to understanding your brain

Vilayanur Ramachandran tells us what brain damage can reveal 
about the connection between celebral tissue and the mind,
using three startling delusions as examples.



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A look inside the brain in real time

Neuroscientist and inventor Christopher deCharms demonstrates
a new way to use fMRI to show brain activity
-- thoughts, emotions, pain -- while it is happening.
In other words, you can actually see how you feel.

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Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for:
She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions
-- motion, speech, self-awareness -- shut down one by one.
An astonishing story.

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