Ramachandran on Capgras Syndrome, Phantom Limbs & Synaesthesia
Neuroscientist V. S. Ramachandran provides an introduction to how we study the brain's deficits using three cool examples:
- Capgras syndrome: where a man looks at his mother and says: "It looks like my mother but she's an imposter." How can a person recognise his mother's face yet feel it's not her?
- Phantom limbs: why would an amputated limb still hurt? Can this pain be relieved?
- Synaesthesia: Numbers are colours. Notes are colours. Cross-talk between the senses has a higher incidence in creative people: why?
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Wow, I always thought "seeing" musical tones in color was something normal. Now that I know it's not, I feel special haha.
It's brilliant to see all these psychologists that you've previously only known of for years as names on research papers you've studied, actually talking on videos!
At the end of the video, it looks like Richard Branson is in the audience.
Wow!! This was totally interesting. I am reading this book The Echo Maker and it is on Capgras Syndrome. His explanations answered some major questions I had while reading the book. Totally cool! Thanks for sharing.