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

By: The Brain That Changes Itself | mymonkeyshines

The Brain That Changes Itself | mymonkeyshines — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 06:55:43 +0000

[...] 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. [...]

By: Hayley

Hayley — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:11:14 +0000

Fabulous! I shall look forward to more informative vids

By: Heidi

Heidi — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:02:33 +0000

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

By: Hayley

Hayley — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:27:08 +0000

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