Brain Damage affecting Perception in multiple ways -part 2/2

Brain damages give us a window in the way our brains deal with the outside world.

This concept explained and much more in the documentary series "Brain Story" (2000) by the extraordinary British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). http://www.bbc.co.uk

Full description of the original documentary series:
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/837632.stm

Official "brain story" book, companion to the series:
- http://www.amazon.com/BBC-Brain-Story-Unlocking-Emotions/dp/0789478390/ref=sr...

About the author, Susan Greenfield:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Greenfield
or
- http://www.sirc.org/about/susan_greenfield.html

the "whole brain atlas" online:
- http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• QuarksAreStrange
• Brain
• BBC
• Blind
• Sight
• Neglect
• Focus
• Unconscious
• Reality
• Perception
• Neurology

[Killahound654]

Old lady:*Walks up to the door* Where the fuck did the handle go?

[danieljonesnc]

This might be totally "off the wall" but what if everyone can see things but it doesnt subconsciously register in our brain. Like the first woman, we might be drawing what we think is the whole thing but missing half the picture. If we all did this how would we know?

[hiperson641]

lol peggy is a doll XD love her

[Harldi1]

This science is false! I think the guy with blind sight uses the force to feel where the dots go. :D

[MooK13xx]

shout out to Vsauce

[darkside101583]

Shit. Blind sight... doesn't this kinda explain ghosts...

[aelix56]

@danieljonesnc Science.

[ChunderThunder1]

@danieljonesnc Mother of god... Conspiracy Keanu, anyone?

[willay23]

Spatial neglect*

[Jerbod2]

@Killahound654 Good one ;)

[vestraya]

@danieljonesnc dude you effin with my mind O_o

[3m1n3m153pic]

I didn't know Colonel Sanders was a scientist...