Ted Talk: Tom Wujec on 3 ways the brain creates meaning
notes coming soon
TED Talk: RAMACHANDRAN on your mind
TED Talk VS Ramachandran on your mind The Brain. It is a 3 pound mass of jelly. It can contemplate the universe, the meaning of infinity, and contemplate itself contemplating the meaning of infinity. The holy grail of neuroscience is understanding consciousness. How to study the brain? Look at patients with sustained damage in the … Continue reading
TEDx McGill 2010
Technology Entertainment Design Conference http://www.ted.com/tedx TED xMcGill http://tedxmcgill.com/ 20th November, 2010 Venue: Marche Bonsecours, Old Port, Montreal, QC. This is my First TED conference, hopefully it’ll be the first of many. The single most important conclusion of the conference: If you have an idea that you are relentlessly curious about, invest time in pursuing it, … Continue reading
TED TALK: Jill Taylor’s Powerful Stroke of Insight
Probably the greatest lecture to ever blend Passion and Science. NOTES TED TALK Jill Bolte Taylor’s stroke of insight What is it about my brain that allows me to take my dreams, connect them to my reality and make my dreams come true, while a my brother – who is diagnosed with schizophrenia- is unable … Continue reading
Neuro Revolution: How Brain Science Is Changing Our World
Notes coming soon
TED TALK: Understanding the brain by controlling neurons – Gero Miesenboeck reengineers a brain
TED TALK Gero Miesenboeck reengineers a brain Optical mind control. In this case the brain is controlled to explain how it works. The general neuroscientist ascribes to this statement: ” If we could record the activity of all neurons, we could understand the brain.” But if we could measure the activity of all neurons we … Continue reading
Seminar: Artificial cell design and the origin of life (by Dr. Jack Szostak, 2009 Nobel Laureate of Physiology or Medicine)
Dr. Jack Szostak Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 2009 Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School Alex Rich Distinguished Investigator, Massachusetts General Hospital Dept. of Molecular Biology, and Center for Computational and Integrative Biology 7215 Simches Research Center Massachusetts General Hospital The Szostak lab is currently focused on the … Continue reading
TED TALK: I am my Connectome by Sebastian Seung
“The connectome is where nature meets nurture. The mere act of thinking can change your connectome.”
