@gazawire which traveled across the cochlear nerve to the cochlear nucleus to the pons-to-medullary juncture, from there to the superior olivary nucleus ascending bilaterally up the brain stem to the lateral lemniscus & the anterior colliculus & the medial geniculate nuclei across the thalamic radiations.
@gazawire Sound waves had to leave my lips, travel through the air, enter your auditory meatus, travel down to the tympanic membrane, set up a vibratory force, which traveled across the ossicles of your middle ear to the oval & round windows, setting up a vibratory force in the endolymph, which mechanically distorted the microcilia, converting mechanical energy to electrical energy,
@gazawire No, Dr. Carson posted an 'earlier' version of this Speech on his website. I see from this particular Commencement Address, that he's added to the narrative. :-)
He completely lost me when he started defining how the brain processes info; great speech, though!
gazawire 1 year ago
@gazawire which traveled across the cochlear nerve to the cochlear nucleus to the pons-to-medullary juncture, from there to the superior olivary nucleus ascending bilaterally up the brain stem to the lateral lemniscus & the anterior colliculus & the medial geniculate nuclei across the thalamic radiations.
San47di1 1 year ago
@gazawire Sound waves had to leave my lips, travel through the air, enter your auditory meatus, travel down to the tympanic membrane, set up a vibratory force, which traveled across the ossicles of your middle ear to the oval & round windows, setting up a vibratory force in the endolymph, which mechanically distorted the microcilia, converting mechanical energy to electrical energy,
San47di1 1 year ago
@San47di1 Thanks a lot. This is very helpful. Are you a doc, too?
gazawire 1 year ago
@gazawire No, Dr. Carson posted an 'earlier' version of this Speech on his website. I see from this particular Commencement Address, that he's added to the narrative. :-)
San47di1 1 year ago