July 30, 2004
V.S. Ramachandran's Illusions
uncover how your brain makes sense of motion.
A buncha disclaimers... - the movies are in Real format. - The second and third main entries should be viewed in reverse order--the links are crossed. - I don't mean to assume they apply to Monkey brains too!
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I LOVE that guy's voice. Unfortunately I have absolutely no idea what he's talking about.
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Ramachandran is brilliant. Thanks, outrigger.
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I highly recommend "Phantoms in the brain: Probing the mysteries of the human mind" by Dr. Ramachandran to the monkeys here. His writing is very lucid, witty and captivating. The book has a huge list of indigenous and simple experiments to show how brain works. More importantly, he uses these simple techniques to treat people with phantom limbs, amnesia and a variety of other problems which have been exasperating the neuroscientist community. An amazing read for everyone. Check the Amazon reviews and see more for yourself.
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For my part, I highly recommend his Reith lectures, given in 2003 (5 in total, RealAudio). Each one of them is fascinating. /Contact me if you want them in mp3.
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his nova show was so awesome. The man is brilliant.
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Cells That Read Minds? What the myth of mirror neurons gets wrong about the human brain.