The Uniqueness of the Human Brain - 54:02 - Jun 9, 2006 - Videos

Lecture 6 of 12 of IBM Research's Almaden Institute Conference on Cognitive Computing. This one takes place during the reception and banquet dinner. Ramachandran discusses phantom limbs and synesthesia (esp. color-blind synesthete) as a function of neuron innervation. Specifically, he focuses on cross-linking between nearby cortical regions, which he believes to be genetically caused (e.g. synesthesia appears to be found frequently in family lineages). He also discusses the link between mirror neurons and autism, and how language invention is due to an inherent cross-linking between portions of the visual and auditory regions (e.g. Buba/Kiki effect). Ramachandran's Powerpoint presentation: http://www.almaden.ibm.com/institute/resources/2006/Almaden%20Institute%20V.S.%20Ramachandran.ppt. All lectures: http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=almaden+cognitive+computing«

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