3 clues to understanding your brain | VS Ramachandran 

This guy’s intelligence is coming out from his ears. His heavy accent does not prevent him from his perfect English language delivery, using no verbal crutches: you know, and then, etc. And how informative his lecture was, with comedic twists here and there to top it off. He received a well-deserved standing ovation. I have a friend with a finger amputation with phantom pain. Hopefully the mirror box can help him.

my, he's a genius! I've read dozens of articles on synesthesia and gave a couple presentations myself, but his level of explaining the matter at hand is just astonishing; I wish I could have this same kind of confidence when speaking: the energy is just radiating from him.

VS Ramachandran arguably one of the best cognitive neuropsychologist of the modern era !!!

I bought his book called "the tell-tale brain a neuroscientist's quest for what makes us human" and I haven't finished it yet but it is astonishing how our brain works! Definitely a recommendation

The first item I ever bought online many years ago was the book he wrote, "Phantoms in the Brain". I loved the way he explained and narrated each cases. He makes you fall in love with neuropsychology. Amazing man

this man is a fucking genius

We watched the entire thing during my psych lecture and it was probably one of the most interesting supplementary videos I've ever watched in my lectures. I'm glad the prof let us watch the whole thing without skipping around.

Such a brilliant guy. Sad that such talks get views in the order of thousands but rebecca black gets millions.

Had a few classes with him at UCSD. He was awesome because his lectures were fun and his exams were easy. He cared more about his students being curious and wanting to learn.

Genius and one who made neuroscience accessible to anyone interested. Amazing, beyond words!

What a genius! I can't wait to try this on my dad's painful arm. Much obliged to Dr Ramachandran. Every time I hear his speech, it feels like I'm getting smarter. A real pleasure to know and listen to this great scientist.

Im a current student at CSU, Monterey Bay and when I saw this took place at Monterey, I felt a sense of pride but also jealous that I wasn't there to hear the TED talk. Can't wait to start pursuing graduate school.

The tenor of his voice and how he explains thing reminds me of Feynman.

Great talk! Also, at 23:41 you can see Richard Branson!

One of the best neuroscientist ever. I just read his book Phantoms in the brain. Amazing book.

one of the funnier ted talks I've seen. He kept it interesting and informative.

'The latent bestiality in all humans'. I lost it

I can watch this million times over!! Pure brilliance!

I love how he rolls his Rs. Good speaker. Really enjoyed his book....I think it was called Phantoms in the Brain or something like that. Read it many years ago and I still think about it to this day.

This is like entertainment for me. So informative and he tells it in a way that captivates your attention. Great stuff.

This is one of my favorite talks from TED. The brain is so fascinating.

How wonderful to get such quality information! I sustained a severe injury and lost many of my cognitive functions. Very intersting

This is pure genius. I remember him coming to our college (He's from the same Indian city as me) and I remember the entire audience leaving the hall in a complete daze. Brilliant stuff!!

Rama's delight in the subject matter is the secret sauce. We are blissfully captured.

this guy is brilliant - he's been blowing my mind since the 80's. About 7 years ago, my right leg had to be amputated. The damage to my leg was so extensive they had to perform a procedure which was termed a "radical" amputation. In other words, my entire right leg including my entire right hip were removed. Basically, there is nothing below that part of my torso which you might refer to as your waist. Pretty radical, indeed. Since then, I have experienced some truly bizzare phantom limb sensations...everything from tiny, barely detectable feelings of applied pressure, to varying degrees of "pins and needles" sensations, all the way up to bouts of excrutiating, and often blinding, pain. What's been especially strange is most of the time, regardless of intensity or duration, these phantom sensations are location specific to an extremely precise degree. For instance, I might feel a throbbing ache in my upper (nonexistent) leg, say in the region of the lower thigh, or a sharp stabbing sensation like a pin stab on my knee..on the outer, lower portion right at the edge of my kneecap...in other words, the exact point where the pin pierces my flesh...or the toe next to my pinkie toe itches terrifically. I experience these sensations on a daily basis. At times it becomes quite maddening.

Fantastic talk. Vilayanur Ramachandran - a great book Phantoms in the Brain: Human Nature and the Architecture of the Mind

I love these Tedtalks videos. Great presentation. From a young age I learned that different chords on my guitar had different colours and I tried to explain it to people and they just couldn't get it. Thanks for sharing this great video.

"There is no disembodied pain" That's the sentence that got my attention 🤔🤔

it's 2022, i'm watching this talk for probably 30th time, and it's still as fascinating (and amusing) as it was in 2007 when I watched it for the first time.

Y'know i slept in virtually every neuroscience lecture in my class last year, but now I"m hanging on to every word this guy's saying...

Fitting all of that into 25minutes. He's brilliant.

this man is so brilliant! i really enjoy reading his articles in SA Mind.

That's exactly why I am here. But when I started to realize that this guy was so awesome and that he knew exactly what he was talking about, I started to watch the rest of his videos and read more about him. The man is a genius in his field. Thank you Kojima for bringing us here.

mahn this vid jst blew my mind, LITERALLY, watchd it at 2 AM and now im scared of my own brain!!, this stuff was raw intel

best indian neurologist I've ever encountered

This is great. These TED talks should be mandatory high school curriculum; think about how many young kids would be inspired to pursue paths they wouldn't even have known about.

one of the few amazing videos i've been required to watch for a class.

Awesome speech by *Ramachandran*

relieving such pain does seem nobel prize worthy!

He deserves Nobel Prize for he taught us how we have to understand the functioning of the brain.

Anyone who liked this would love his book "Phantoms in the Brain". Same kind of stuff just more detail and variety along with some really amazing implications and theories that weren't brought up in this speech. Go Rama!

Simply amazing... Once of the best TED videos. :-)

im really glad i found this

GREAT COLOURING ON A GREY DAY!

I like this guy. His style, energy, passion, and curiosity in his field strongly remind me of Richard Feynman. I just read the 1st chapter of Pantoms in the Brain and cant believe how terribly interesting the subject matter is.

Excellent talk. Ramachandran made it extremely interesting.

That last example he showed enlightened me a little bit. I often do exactly what he describes. I've never known what it really was or why I do it nor was I really able to explain it.

I love listening to this guy so much

My God. What an amazing person.

Talk about creative thinking with regard to the mirror box. Amazing...

Great talk. The only thing Ramachandran is missing from his brilliant analyses is that consciousness is fundamental. The human brain is unique and powerful, no doubt; but it was formed and works through consciousness, and not the reverse. Philosophers and some scientists (alan watts, amit goswami, etc), are supporting this, as they're finding more and more evidence for it.

I love the way he rolls his 'R's so naturally

very lucid and informative talk.thanks

1. When I wake up after falling asleep listening to a radio discussion, for a brief moment I don't understand the sounds coming from the radio, but then I remember it's English. Who am I for this brief moment? Punch me when I wake up and I'll feel it! The experiencer is there instantly, before any understanding of who you are, where you are, or what planet you're on. I believe it may be the experiencer who goes through the brain and assembles the character from the info inside. Continued...

Thank you for posting this. The player on the original site doesn't seem to be working out well for me and I really wanted to see this video so I searched RU-vid.

Watching it was worth it...😊 One of the best tedtalk...,

It's difficult to imagine "dead stuff" (or rather nonliving) becoming "living" but this really does seem to be what happens. The discovery about 10 years ago of Riboswitches (see wikipedia) and the further eludication of RNA-catalysed reactions is starting to give us some insight in to a possible living system with only RNA and small molecules, this is a HUGE step towards being able to explain how life developed originally. The difference between simple RNA systems and whole cells is staggering!

The power within our brains to adapt is really something to marvel.

interesting and exciting talks!! i wanna know what i am, and human's mind, consciousness. it's one of the most important mysteries in science.

What a great talk! The guy is funny, engaging and gets concepts across vividly! I think Sir Richard Branson agrees, too (23:41)!

I am suffering from a phantom that VS Ramachandran is the best Ted Speaker.

What a total legend

I am an Engineer yet comes to watch it every year.

Wow, this was really amazing!

awesome talk and God knows why but such a good to hear voice

Yeah, truely brilliant work he's doing.

w o w i am gobsmacked!!!! this guy is truly gifted

That was SO AMAZING. Now I want to do what this guy does for a living.

He's channeling Sir Sean Connery.... and got some mad skills to match!!!

I have hit jackpot. This was very insightful.

You, Sir, are a genius!

this guy is amazing!!

This guy is awesome :D wonderful talk!

23:42 - Richard Branson! How's that for face recognition?!

Excellent!! Really, really good!!!

Ramachandran is pure genius

simply great !!!

Deeply engaging!

Riveting talk about human cognition. His passion for his field rubs on you. You should be lucky if you are one of his students.

Best neuroloscientist

The content of this man's lecture is obviously wonderful but what I couldn't help but think about was his accent...it sounds like a mix of Indian & Scottish. Awesome.

One of the best videos

I think he is the most brilliant man whom I have never met

My hypothesis when i saw the "Kiki" Vs "Booba" was that kiki has shapes that is similar to "K" and booba has shapes similar to "B", so we just associate. I do agree with Ramachandran in the end.

Awesome talk!

Amazing !!!

Brilliant as always.

This is why I hate prime time TV and love YouTUBE. Thanks for sharing this pieces of amazing scientific thinking.

Inspiring troubleshooting approach to understanding arguably the most important organ for humans.

Interesting stuff I wish it had some kind of great point.

I love how he rolls r's. He's fun to listen to. :D

Kipling challenged us to fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run. Listening to Dr. Ramachandran well surpasses that test.

Yes it was bruv. Prof Ramachandran is a top man.

Such lucidly explained.. Really interesting Sir

The man is a legend

Love his accent !

This video used to be called "A journey to the center of your mind." Why was it renamed?

I love this guy.

Such an interesting talk.

fantastic ty, God bless u my fr :)