- published: 05 Jun 2013
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Molecules , neurons and morality
http://www.glasgow.ac.uk/index.html?refer=guyoutube
This lecture by Prof. V.S. Ramachandra...
published: 05 Jun 2013
Molecules , neurons and morality
http://www.glasgow.ac.uk/index.html?refer=guyoutube
This lecture by Prof. V.S. Ramachandran (University of California, San Diego) will deal with understanding higher brain functions through studies of synesthesia and other types of intersensory interactions, including discoveries of mirror neurons.
This year's prestigious University of Glasgow Gifford Lecture Series will feature three talks from V.S. Ramachandran, the Director of the Centre for Brain and Cognition and Distinguished Professor with the Psychology Department and Neurosciences Program at the University of California.
Founded in 1887 by the bequest of Lord Gifford, the annual Gifford Lecture Series was established to promote, advance and diffuse the study of Natural Theology in the widest sense of that term. The focus of this series will be 'Body and Mind; Insights from Neuroscience.'
Ramachandran said: "Monday's lecture will focus on body image and mind body interactions, while Wednesday's lecture will deal with understanding higher brain functions through studies of synesthesia and other types of intersensory interactions, including discoveries of mirror neurons. I will also touch on the important deeper philosophical implications that surround these subject areas."
Dr Susan Stuart, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Glasgow said: "It is our great pleasure that Vilayanur S. Ramachandran has agreed to present the 2012 Gifford lectures at the University of Glasgow. Ramachandran is one of the world's leading neuroscientists; he has been responsible for groundbreaking work in the fields of behavioural neurology and psychophysics.
"His work on autism, visual processing, and synaesthesia is truly pioneering and during his career he has carried out marvellous work on understanding and treating phantom limb disorders as well as linking between temporal lobe epilepsy and hyper-religiosity, a field now known as 'neurotheology' or 'spiritual neuroscience'."
Biography:
V.S. Ramachandran is Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition and Distinguished Professor with the Psychology Department and Neurosciences Program at the University of California, San Diego, and Adjunct Professor of Biology at the Salk Institute. Ramachandran initially trained as a doctor and subsequently obtained a Ph.D. from Trinity College at the University of Cambridge. Ramachandran's early work was on visual perception but he is best known for his experiments in behavioral neurology which, despite their apparent simplicity, have had a profound impact on the way we think about the brain. He has been called "The Marco Polo of neuroscience" by Richard Dawkins and "The modern Paul Broca" by Eric Kandel.
In 2005 he was awarded the Henry Dale Medal and elected to an honorary life membership by the Royal Instituion of Great Britain, where he also gave a Friday evening discourse (joining the ranks of Michael Faraday, Thomas Huxley, Humphry Davy, and dozens of Nobel Laureates). His other honours and awards include fellowships from All Souls College, Oxford, and from Stanford University (Hilgard Visiting Professor); the Presidential Lecture Award from the American Academy of Neurology, two honorary doctorates, the annual Ramon Y Cajal award from the International Neuropsychiatry Society, and the Ariens-Kappers medal from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences. In 2003 he gave the annual BBC Reith lectures and was the first physician/psychologist to give the lectures since they were begun by Bertrand Russel in 1949. In 1995 he gave the Decade of the Brain lecture at the 25th annual (Silver Jubilee) meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. In 2010 he delivered the annual Jawaharlal Nehru memorial lecture in New Delhi, India. Most recently the President of India conferred on him the second highest civilian award and honorific title in India, the Padma Bhushan. And TIME magazine named him on their list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Ramachandran has published over 180 papers in scientific journals (including five invited review articles in the Scientific American). He is author of the acclaimed book "Phantoms in the Brain" that has been translated into nine languages and formed the basis for a two part series on Channel Four TV (UK) and a 1 hour PBS special in USA. NEWSWEEK magazine has named him a member of "The Century Club" -- one of the "hundred most prominent people to watch in the next century." He has been profiled in the New Yorker Magazine and appeared on the Charlie Rose Show. His new book, "The Tell Tale Brain" was on the New York Times best-seller list.
In addition, Ramachandran has an interest in history and archaeology (see his article on the Indus Valley Code).
- published: 05 Jun 2013
%s hours 25 min 15 sec
Illusions , delusions and the brain
This lecture by Prof. V.S. Ramachandran (University of California, San Diego) will focus o...
published: 05 Jun 2013
Illusions , delusions and the brain
This lecture by Prof. V.S. Ramachandran (University of California, San Diego) will focus on body image and mind body interactions.
http://www.glasgow.ac.uk/index.html?refer=guyoutube
This year's prestigious University of Glasgow Gifford Lecture Series will feature three talks from V.S. Ramachandran, the Director of the Centre for Brain and Cognition and Distinguished Professor with the Psychology Department and Neurosciences Program at the University of California.
Founded in 1887 by the bequest of Lord Gifford, the annual Gifford Lecture Series was established to promote, advance and diffuse the study of Natural Theology in the widest sense of that term. The focus of this series will be 'Body and Mind; Insights from Neuroscience.'
Ramachandran said: "Monday's lecture will focus on body image and mind body interactions, while Wednesday's lecture will deal with understanding higher brain functions through studies of synesthesia and other types of intersensory interactions, including discoveries of mirror neurons. I will also touch on the important deeper philosophical implications that surround these subject areas."
Dr Susan Stuart, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Glasgow said: "It is our great pleasure that Vilayanur S. Ramachandran has agreed to present the 2012 Gifford lectures at the University of Glasgow. Ramachandran is one of the world's leading neuroscientists; he has been responsible for groundbreaking work in the fields of behavioural neurology and psychophysics.
"His work on autism, visual processing, and synaesthesia is truly pioneering and during his career he has carried out marvellous work on understanding and treating phantom limb disorders as well as linking between temporal lobe epilepsy and hyper-religiosity, a field now known as 'neurotheology' or 'spiritual neuroscience'."
Biography:
V.S. Ramachandran is Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition and Distinguished Professor with the Psychology Department and Neurosciences Program at the University of California, San Diego, and Adjunct Professor of Biology at the Salk Institute. Ramachandran initially trained as a doctor and subsequently obtained a Ph.D. from Trinity College at the University of Cambridge. Ramachandran's early work was on visual perception but he is best known for his experiments in behavioral neurology which, despite their apparent simplicity, have had a profound impact on the way we think about the brain. He has been called "The Marco Polo of neuroscience" by Richard Dawkins and "The modern Paul Broca" by Eric Kandel.
In 2005 he was awarded the Henry Dale Medal and elected to an honorary life membership by the Royal Instituion of Great Britain, where he also gave a Friday evening discourse (joining the ranks of Michael Faraday, Thomas Huxley, Humphry Davy, and dozens of Nobel Laureates). His other honours and awards include fellowships from All Souls College, Oxford, and from Stanford University (Hilgard Visiting Professor); the Presidential Lecture Award from the American Academy of Neurology, two honorary doctorates, the annual Ramon Y Cajal award from the International Neuropsychiatry Society, and the Ariens-Kappers medal from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences. In 2003 he gave the annual BBC Reith lectures and was the first physician/psychologist to give the lectures since they were begun by Bertrand Russel in 1949. In 1995 he gave the Decade of the Brain lecture at the 25th annual (Silver Jubilee) meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. In 2010 he delivered the annual Jawaharlal Nehru memorial lecture in New Delhi, India. Most recently the President of India conferred on him the second highest civilian award and honorific title in India, the Padma Bhushan. And TIME magazine named him on their list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Ramachandran has published over 180 papers in scientific journals (including five invited review articles in the Scientific American). He is author of the acclaimed book "Phantoms in the Brain" that has been translated into nine languages and formed the basis for a two part series on Channel Four TV (UK) and a 1 hour PBS special in USA. NEWSWEEK magazine has named him a member of "The Century Club" -- one of the "hundred most prominent people to watch in the next century." He has been profiled in the New Yorker Magazine and appeared on the Charlie Rose Show. His new book, "The Tell Tale Brain" was on the New York Times best-seller list.
In addition, Ramachandran has an interest in history and archaeology (see his article on the Indus Valley Code).
- published: 05 Jun 2013
5 min 45 sec
A Single Aplysia Neurotrophin Mediates Synaptic Facilitation via Differentially Processed Isoforms
Stefan Kassabov and Eric Kandel discuss the findings in their recent paper, "A Single Aply...
published: 05 Jun 2013
A Single Aplysia Neurotrophin Mediates Synaptic Facilitation via Differentially Processed Isoforms
Stefan Kassabov and Eric Kandel discuss the findings in their recent paper, "A Single Aplysia Neurotrophin Mediates Synaptic Facilitation via Differentially Processed Isoforms"
http://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(13)00115-0
Authors: Stefan R. Kassabov, Yun-Beom Choi, Kevin A. Karl, Harshad D. Vishwasrao, Craig H. Bailey, Eric R. Kandel
Published in Cell Reports on April 25, 2013
- published: 05 Jun 2013
55 min 19 sec
Charlie Rose Brain Series 1 - The Emotional and Vulnerable Brain
On episode seven of the Charlie Rose Brain Series, a discussion of the Emotional Brain wit...
published: 05 Jun 2013
Charlie Rose Brain Series 1 - The Emotional and Vulnerable Brain
On episode seven of the Charlie Rose Brain Series, a discussion of the Emotional Brain with Nora Volkow of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Eric Nestler of Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Wolfram Schultz of Cambridge University, and Daniel Salzman of Columbia University. Co-Hosted by Eric Kandel of Columbia University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- published: 05 Jun 2013
51 min 44 sec
Charlie Rose Brain Series 1 - The Aging Brain
On Episode Six of the Charlie Rose Brain Series, a discussion of the Aging Brain with Bren...
published: 05 Jun 2013
Charlie Rose Brain Series 1 - The Aging Brain
On Episode Six of the Charlie Rose Brain Series, a discussion of the Aging Brain with Brenda Milner of McGill University, Larry Squire of the University of California San Diego, John Hardy of University College London, and Scott Small of Columbia University. Co-hosted by Eric Kandel of Columbia University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- published: 05 Jun 2013
55 min 57 sec
Charlie Rose Brain Series 1 : The Anxious Brain
On Episode Eight of the Charlie Rose Brain Series, a discussion of fear and anxiety with A...
published: 05 Jun 2013
Charlie Rose Brain Series 1 : The Anxious Brain
On Episode Eight of the Charlie Rose Brain Series, a discussion of fear and anxiety with Antonio Damasio of University of Southern California, Kerry Ressler of Emory University, Joseph LeDoux of New York University, David Anderson of CalTech, and Eric Kandel of Columbia University
- published: 05 Jun 2013
54 min 52 sec
Charlie Rose Brain Series 2 : Generalized Defects in Cognition Alzheimer's Disease
Charlie Rose Brain Series 2: Generalized Defects in Cognition: Alzheimer's Disease with Er...
published: 05 Jun 2013
Charlie Rose Brain Series 2 : Generalized Defects in Cognition Alzheimer's Disease
Charlie Rose Brain Series 2: Generalized Defects in Cognition: Alzheimer's Disease with Eric Kandel of Columbia University, Marc Tessier-Lavigne of Rockefeller University, Alison Goate of Washington University's School of Medicine in St. Louis, David Holtzman of Washington University in St. Louis and Bruce Miller of University of California, San Francisco
- published: 05 Jun 2013
54 min 53 sec
Charlie Rose Brain Series 2 : Agnosias
Charlie Rose Brain Series 2: Agnosias with Eric Kandel of Columbia University, Masud Husai...
published: 05 Jun 2013
Charlie Rose Brain Series 2 : Agnosias
Charlie Rose Brain Series 2: Agnosias with Eric Kandel of Columbia University, Masud Husain of University College London, Richard Frackowiak of University of Lausanne, John Brust of Columbia University and artist Chuck Close
- published: 05 Jun 2013
54 min 38 sec
Charlie Rose Brain Series 2 : Autism
Charlie Rose Brain Series 2 Episode 6: Autism with Eric Kandel of Columbia University, Ger...
published: 05 Jun 2013
Charlie Rose Brain Series 2 : Autism
Charlie Rose Brain Series 2 Episode 6: Autism with Eric Kandel of Columbia University, Gerald Fischbach of The Simons Foundation, Uta Frith of University College London, Matthew State of Yale University, and Alison Singer of the Autism Science Foundation
- published: 05 Jun 2013
54 min 1 sec
Charlie Rose Brain Series 2 : Parkinson's Disease and Huntington's Disease
Charlie Rose Brain Series 2 Episode 8: Parkinson's Disease and Huntington's Disease with E...
published: 05 Jun 2013
Charlie Rose Brain Series 2 : Parkinson's Disease and Huntington's Disease
Charlie Rose Brain Series 2 Episode 8: Parkinson's Disease and Huntington's Disease with Eric Kandel of Columbia University, Stanley Fahn of Columbia University, Allen Goorin of Harvard University, Anne B. Young of Harvard University, Stanley B. Prusiner of University of California, and former race car driver Sam Posey
- published: 05 Jun 2013
53 min 25 sec
Charlie Rose Brain Series 2 : Multiple Sclerosis
Charlie Rose Brain Series 2 Episode 9: Multiple Sclerosis with Eric Kandel of Columbia Uni...
published: 05 Jun 2013
Charlie Rose Brain Series 2 : Multiple Sclerosis
Charlie Rose Brain Series 2 Episode 9: Multiple Sclerosis with Eric Kandel of Columbia University, Alfred Sandrock of Biogen Idec, Amit Bar-Or of McGill University, Andrea Kilpatrick, Founder and President of Cool Kids Learn and Stephen L. Hauser of the University of California, San Francisco
- published: 05 Jun 2013
52 min 58 sec
Charlie Rose Brain Series 2 : Disorders of Motor Neurons
Charlie Rose Brain Series 2 Episode 10: Disorders of Motor Neurons - Amyotrophic Lateral S...
published: 05 Jun 2013
Charlie Rose Brain Series 2 : Disorders of Motor Neurons
Charlie Rose Brain Series 2 Episode 10: Disorders of Motor Neurons - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Spinal Muscular Atrophy with Eric Kandel, Dr. Richard Finkel of Nemours Children's Hospital, Neil Shneider of Columbia University; Peter Frates, Griffen Kingkiner, Beth Kingkiner
- published: 05 Jun 2013
55 min 21 sec
Charlie Rose Brain Series 2 : Public Policy Implications of the New Science of Mind
Charlie Rose Brain Series 2 Episode 13: Public Policy Implications of the New Science of M...
published: 05 Jun 2013
Charlie Rose Brain Series 2 : Public Policy Implications of the New Science of Mind
Charlie Rose Brain Series 2 Episode 13: Public Policy Implications of the New Science of Mind with Eric Kandel of Columbia University; Walter Mischel of Columbia University, Michael Shadlen of Columbia University; Daniel Kahneman of Princeton University; and Alan Alda, host of the upcoming PBS program, "Brains on Trial"
- published: 05 Jun 2013
54 min 32 sec
Charlie Rose Brain Series 2 : Pain
Charlie Rose Brain Series 2 Episode 11: Pain with Eric Kandel of Columbia University; Davi...
published: 05 Jun 2013
Charlie Rose Brain Series 2 : Pain
Charlie Rose Brain Series 2 Episode 11: Pain with Eric Kandel of Columbia University; David Julius, University of California, San Francisco; Allan Basbaum, University of California, San Francisco; Robert Dworkin, University of Rochester Medical Center; David Borsook of Boston Children's Hospital; and Laurie Klein, nursing student at LSU
- published: 05 Jun 2013
