Inquisitive Minds Podcast

Inquisitive Minds Podcast


Tricking the Brain to Believe the Unbelievable

June 30, 2014

The Mind-Body connection is best understood through the lens of neuroscience. This week on the Inquisitive Minds Podcast, we discuss how brain damage clearly affects the mind and one’s perception and relationship to self, others, time, space, and environment. We also mention the important work of Dr. Vilayanur S. Ramachandran on phantom limbs (see also his book Phantoms in the Brain, as well as the YouTube video series) and how the brain can be tricked into believing things that do not exist. Ramachandran’s research is an example of the most most compelling evidence for embodied realism, and that the mind is truly in the brain. Please note that there will be no podcast on July 7 and 14; we will be on vacation. We will resume our activities on Monday, July 21.