TED Talk – Ramachandran on Capgras syndrome, Phantom Limb Pain and Synesthesia

December 29, 2009 By 4 Comments

If you haven’t seen Vilayanur Ramachandran’s talk on what is happening in the Brain in Capgras syndrome, Phantom Limb Pain, and Synesthesia this is well worth a peek

More thoughts on training the brain in CRPS: Reflections, imagery, and illusions: the past, present and future of training the brain in complex regional pain syndrome.

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  1. Hayley says:
    January 20, 2010 at 12:27 pm

    Thanks very much for posting this vid, very interesting lecture!

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  2. Heidi says:
    January 20, 2010 at 1:02 pm

    Thanks Hayley – The TED talks are good aren’t they! We’ve got another video by Ramachandran coming up on Saturday this time on mirror neurons with guest comments by Luke Parkitny

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  3. Hayley says:
    January 20, 2010 at 1:11 pm

    Fabulous! I shall look forward to more informative vids :)

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  1. The Brain That Changes Itself | mymonkeyshines says:
    December 9, 2010 at 5:55 pm

    [...] The book also brings up extraordinary scientists, including my long-time favorite – Rama (aka VS Ramachandran)!  This guy found a way of curing phantom limb pain with mirrors. In short, when a limb is amputated, the patient’s brain still thinks that it’s there – the brain area that processed the feelings from the limb is still there. He decided to fool the brain by putting a mirror to reflect the limb that’s still there; when the patient moves the healthy limb, the brain thinks all is right with the world. That wasn’t a great explanation – you can watch a video of Rama talking about the concept here. [...]

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