Name: 3 dicas para entender seu cérebro
Uploaded: 2007-10-21T08:15:00Z
Duration: 23 min 20 s
Description: Vilayanur Ramachandran conta o que lesões no cérebro podem revelar sobre a conexão entre tecido cerebral e a mente, usando três delírios impressionantes como exemplos.

VS Ramachandran: 3 dicas para entender seu cérebro

3 dicas para entender seu cérebro

Vilayanur Ramachandran conta o que lesões no cérebro podem revelar sobre a conexão entre tecido cerebral e a mente, usando três delírios impressionantes como exemplos.

The hidden wiring of the brain shapes everything from recognition to creativity, as shown by rare conditions like the Capgras delusion and phantom limb pain. A patient might see his mother’s face yet insist she is an impostor, or feel agonizing pain in a missing arm. By tracing these selective deficits to precise brain circuits, surprising treatments—like a three-dollar mirror box—can help rewire perception, revealing just how deeply the brain’s structure creates our sense of self.