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.

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[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...

[drinkynz]

"I might get eaten by wild animals" lol

[VioletS2Dream]

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

[John Dalton]

Peggy's personality is so cute

[Simon Matthews]

This is too deep for me to go into on a Sunday morning! I don't think I can define "you". I could say that it's one's memories and without them you wouldn't be you, but there could be more to it than that. I think we have quite some way to go before we understand what consciousness really is. They say it is an emergent property of the brain, but I think it is something that has always existed. Awareness has been working its way up from the beginning. Big subject. I agree with your 2nd point.

[ErgoCogita]

"You can't be aware of something without being conscious of it, that's a paradox."

Define "you".

Also, I think you misunderstand what he means by unconscious and when you become conscious of what your brain was previously aware of. I know was is an old post but I felt soo compelled to comment...

[Decrosintion]

Im starting college next year and i cant think of what to go for. i want to be apart of everything like astronomy and world history, philosophy but cant think of what id be if went into any of these careers

[Guitcad1]

makes you wonder if there could be things going on around all of us that we're completely unaware of because we don't have the sensory abiloity to perceive it.

[aGodsky]

Mind fuck o_O

[mirush65]

so, how DiD it work out...nice.

[Wasomacosalo]

You can perform task unconsciously and still have a conscious awareness that you did that task e.g. walking, driving a car, riding a bike etc.

[Rahul Chadda]

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 ...?