Part 4 - 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 4 of 5.

Category:

Education

Tags:

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

[papasitoman]

Hey Lenny great post! You seem to have many videos regarding psychology, the brain, science etc. Are you studying or working in any of the industries or are you a facinated layman like me? Do you know of any online programs one can take to get a better understanding of this and possibly work in of of the fields assisting? Thanks bud!

[LennyBound]

I'm an undergraduate college student majoring in philosophy who wants to specialize in philosophy of mind. So... I guess that means I'm between being a "fascinated layman" and wanting to actually pursue this stuff for my career. I might try to do neuroscience stuff from grad school, but that might not work out.

[LennyBound]

And, no, I don't know of any programs online concerning this stuff, but I'm sure if you look around you could find some online college courses or even just the audio of them on torrents somewhere.

[LennyBound]

Hope that helps a little...

[leawardseif]

Total blindness to everything on the left and a delusional exaggeration of one's own capabilities; OMG, did anyone ever think of checking George Bush for this!!

[LennyBound]

haha, nice. :-)

[drinkynz]

"I might get eaten by wild animals" lol

[donatsu8]

Lets bring a half naked fellow in front of Daisy...

Lets find out if she notices that he is not weary anything on his left body ...?

[SixthEllia]

These episodes really make me feel like I'm taking my brain for granted.

[1simonmatthews]

To say that Peggy's one sided daisies graphically reveal how consciousness is a construct of the brain is wrong. It could just mean that consciousness is "managed" by the brain in a certain way, like the body map manages consciousness. And when Ramachandran says that blind sight is unconscious, he is also wrong. It just means that consciousness is different to what we thought it was. You can't be aware of something without being conscious of it, that's a paradox.

[VioletS2Dream]

It's all interesting but why was the kid holding a squid?

[donovan3955]

so is that why retards hit their arm against their chest several times in celebration?

[YawnGod]

The only thing I disagree with during the mirror experiments was that he was able to touch the glass, learn from it, and change his behavior. The mirror should have been held further away so that he wouldn't be able to tap the glass, *LEARN* that it's a mirror (at least learn it so quickly), and then modify his behavior. I'm probably nitpicking and it wouldn't really change the results of the experiment, but still, I feel like tapping the glass is cheating.

[JDexia]

I'm a psychology student, and anosognosia is terrifying to me. I'm surprised there aren't any neuropsychology-based horror films, ones that I can think of anyway :P

I think they'd be pretty effective.

[lcestnick]

What happens after stroke and what to do about it (neglect, visual attention, how it works, fails, leads to learning problems such as dyslexia and other phenomenon and what to do about it). Search "Dr. Laurie Cestnick" "Harvard University" on youtube for a video. Happy holidays!

[returnoftheramble3]

@illznik2 I've never done drugs, but the drug lady said it sounds like I'm tripping.

[returnoftheramble3]

@xerosisonek my hair changed. My scalp is always shedding.