VS Ramachandran: The neurons that shaped civilization

tfed1219 Says:

Dec 11, 2011 - @Yakko12345 He was your lecturer?!! I'm so envious. My psychology lecturers were so uninspiring.

tfed1219 Says:

Dec 11, 2011 - Gandhi neurons, so profound. No independent arising of phenomena. The correlation between neuro and contemplative traditions is so fascinating.

mdariotic Says:

Jan 13, 2012 - I wonder if psychopaths have some sort of problem in their mirror neurons and therefore they are not capable of feeling empathy for others :)

MrAtheism33 Says:

Jan 15, 2012 - Possibly. But it's much more complicated than that. Mirror neurons operate on a much more basic level. The major problems found in the brain of psychopaths are defecits in structures associated with physiological/emotional excitation and regulation. There are also often problems with learning (ie: rewards and punishments) and memory.

rturozamora37a Says:

Jan 20, 2012 - This video is popular on Baku

cerebralcereal Says:

Jan 21, 2012 - damn what happened to his awesome jacke from last time

IMbirdieful Says:

Jan 29, 2012 - The way he rolls his 'r's drives me insane! lol

TimothyStuartRiches Says:

Feb 10, 2012 - It's strange that only certain of his r's are rolled...

bigpurple100 Says:

Feb 16, 2012 - iv got to experiment with this theory

yackon4game Says:

Mar 3, 2012 - Eeeeeeeh, no. No that's kind of dangerous. You are being like a troll.The anonymity of the internet has the ability to disconnect humans; make us believe that the person on the other end isn't real. That disconnect, as well as dehumanizing one another, also gives us a sense of immunity.You are dehumanizing trolls. That's the last thing you should do, ever. When you refuse to consider others as people, you cut off any empathetic connections.This is how war starts.

yackon4game Says:

Mar 3, 2012 - It's kind of like some French people I know who can't pronounce the H in "home", but add an H to words like "even" and "odd" making them "heven" and "hodd"

3877michael Says:

Mar 5, 2012 - Ok ! You want to feel empathy with an antithetical person? Go for it.

ScientificExploits Says:

Mar 6, 2012 - Yes! An Indian Man with an accent I can get into!!!!

tapudy Says:

Mar 24, 2012 - 'קבלה לעם- כל הבריאה היא אחת.

Roshan3L Says:

Mar 27, 2012 - Indians ftw

neveragaineverever Says:

Apr 3, 2012 - Skynet will soon become self aware.

virginboy92 Says:

Apr 6, 2012 - dude, there are only 12 elementary particles in the universe we know of as of know !!

brownboy69thst Says:

Apr 8, 2012 - So by watching Kobe Bryant play basketball I will one day become a pro- basketball player

brownboy69thst Says:

Apr 8, 2012 - This seems like wishful thinking to me. More research has to be done.

KennyReddwooddforest Says:

Apr 15, 2012 - Wow, That is so cool. Did he give lectures on temporal lobe seizures and the effects on the person's perception of the world? This was one of the most fascinating films I have ever seen. Are you a neuro scientist now?

LOLMAN22 Says:

Apr 19, 2012 - that ended way too quickly I WANT MORE!!

sphsguard10 Says:

May 11, 2012 - So... what if i haven't experienced something and i watch someone that the "something" i haven't experienced.. will is still feel it or experience it?

omma911 Says:

May 21, 2012 - Sooo good!Maybe that's how porn works on male humans. I wonder if we could maximize the pleasure by stunning our shlongs.

Iplywittrees Says:

May 22, 2012 - I listened to another TED talk that claimed empathy, cooperation, and other sociological interactions (theory of the mind) are in mammals' dna. I don't know anything, but some of the things he said could come from these higher-level dna functions that were created well before us.

SSSyndrome214 Says:

May 26, 2012 - Well the brain's anatomical and physiological blueprint (including these mirror neurons) is mapped out from the structure of animals' DNA. Differences in DNA lead to differences in the structure and function of the brain, including a lack of these mirror neurons which Ramachandran thinks could be the cause of autism. DNA designs these mirror neurons which modulate our feelings of empathy, cooperation, etc., so I guess it could be said that DNA ultimately controls them, although not in real-time.