Why is it that great works of art seem to have a universal appeal, transcending cultural and geographic boundaries? V.S. Ramachandran, director of UCSD's Center for Brain and Cognition has studied how the brain perceives works of art and thinks he may know the answer to this intriguing question.
This is Part 1 of 8.
Why is it that great works of art seem to have a universal appeal, transcending cultural and geographic boundaries? V.S. Ramachandran, director of UCSD's Center for Brain and Cognition has studied how the brain perceives works of art and thinks he may know the answer to this intriguing question.
This is Part 3 of 8.
Patricia Churchland speaking at the "Beyond Belief: Candles in the Dark" conference in October 2008. Her talk concerns the potential ethical implications of findings in the neurosciences.
This is Part 1 of 2.
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Patricia Churchland gives a talk for the UCSD 40/40 Vision Lecture Series in which she discusses the progress that has been made in neurophilosophy in the past four decades, and then makes predictions as to what the field will bring in the next four.
This is part 1 of 6.
Why is it that great works of art seem to have a universal appeal, transcending cultural and geographic boundaries? V.S. Ramachandran, director of UCSD's Center for Brain and Cognition has studied how the brain perceives works of art and thinks he may know the answer to this intriguing question.
This is Part 8 of 8.
NPR Original Broadcast from Monday, March 12, 2007
"On Point: The Biology of Consciousness"
* Hosted by Tom Ashbrook
* Paul and Patricia Churchland, professors of philosophy at the University of California at San Diego
* Colin McGinn, professor of philosophy at the University of Miami.
This is part 1 of 5
Patricia Churchland speaking at the "Beyond Belief: Candles in the Dark" conference in October 2008. Her talk concerns the potential ethical implications of findings in the neurosciences.
This is Part 2 of 2.
For similar videos visit:
http://thescience network.org/programs /beyond-belief-candl es-in-the-dark
Daniel Dennett was invited to the 2006 meeting of the "Beyond Belief: Science, Religion, Reason and Survival" conference, but just a week before it started he suffered a heart attack. After a few days of recovery he wrote a letter to be read at the conference. This is the video of Paul Churchland reading that letter.
My apologies for the audio being slightly off.
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![Part 3-V.S. Ramachandran \"Neurology and the Passion for Art\"](http://img.youtube.com/vi/ismkRCnYEQ4/2.jpg "Part 3-V.S. Ramachandran \\"Neurology and the Passion for Art\\"")
![Part 1 - \"This is Your Brain on Morality\"](http://img.youtube.com/vi/pfFJufmdVRI/2.jpg "Part 1 - \\"This is Your Brain on Morality\\"")
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![\"Thank Goodness I\](http://img.youtube.com/vi/5Hlbg4-YNfI/2.jpg "\\"Thank Goodness I\")
