Part 5 - Phantoms In The Brain (Episode 1)

Episode one of a two-part BBC-4 special program hosted by neurologist V.S. Ramachandran that explains his key findings in certain instances of brain damage that have long been viewed as mere curiosities by the scientific community. This episode focuses on blind-sight, phantom-limbs, anosognosia, and hemispatial neglect.

My apologies for the audio being slightly off, the black bar at the bottom of the video, as well as the temporary video defects; this was the only copy of the video I could find.

This is Part 5 of 5.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Neuroscience
• Philosophy
• of
• Mind
• Neurology
• Brain
• Science
• blind-sight
• phantom-limbs
• anosognosia
• hemispatial
• neglect

[chocochips85]

Thanks so much for uploading this great documentary!!! I have seen parts 1 to 4 but part 5 is not playing. It says that the video is no longer available. Can you please help LennyBound. Cheers

[LennyBound]

I think it's probably just a temporary glitch with the YouTube player.

If you don't want to wait for it to be fixed you can go to websites like KeepVid . com and download the video file directly onto your computer.

I just did that with this video and it worked fine.

Hope that helps. :-)

[Clausfarre]

Great documentary! Straight on to episode 2 then.

Thanks a million for the opload!

[LennyBound]

Sure thing. :-)

[Tylonfoxx]

By god that was a good documentary, this would be something tht i'm quite eager to share with my friends

[LennyBound]

Glad to hear you liked it. :-)

[majorvoltage]

Lol @ the bible on a shelf full of books about lying and delusion. How appropriate.

[fluxfreq]

I really appreciate the level of respect and ethical sensitivity he has when dealing with these patients. His brilliance is exceeding only by his decency.

[SillyLitleGirl]

@fluxfreq Agreed; his patience must be astoundingly vast. My grandmother had anosognosia, and would become quite belligerent about it. It made her final years very draining on the family. This doctor just has so, so much patience and love in his heart for his patients. It's inspiring.

[KingOfMadCows]

Too bad they didn't get Dr. Ekman for this part.

[sunsdomain]

A totally absorbing program - I forgot everything else as I closely watched the patients, listened intensely to their voices... That in itself is a little commentary on the nature of consciousness

[SuperNerd707]

When was this released? i remember watching this doc when i was like 10 or 12...or maybe it was something different...

[adi87tya]

so the right is liberal and the left is conservative?

[afterray]

i respect this man to the fullest. he's a great contribution to society / patients and obviously his field...i wish i could shake his hand. 

[etiendre]

Thank you for the upload LennyBound!

[efex2007]

Some politicians suffer from anosognosia. They think the public money is their own.

[Slacktoo]

uploader you are my god