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. Series: "40/40 Vision Lectures (UCSD
Faculty Lecture Series)" [11/2000] [Science] [Show
ID: 5224] Tags :neurologyartscience
Free Will and Neurology:
How could a brain made of ordinary matter give
rise to a mind floating totally free from physical
reality?
Experiment: Measuring brain activity in the run-up
to a conscious decision.
Results: The brain is working on a decision at
least 2 seconds before it becomes a conscious
element.
Susan Greenfield: "The actions and decisions we
take everyday, which feel like instant conscious
choices, are the result of slowly emerging
sub-conscious processes in the brain."
We have a free will and we make choices. "There's
no way we can think away our own conviction of
free will. We cannot abandon it, it's a necessary
presupposition" says philosopher John Searle. But
those choices are always the result of very
personal but subconscious analysis.
This concept explained and much more in the
documentary series "Brain Story" (2000) by the
extraordinary British Broadcasting Corporation
(BBC). http://www.bbc.co.uk
Full description of the original documentary
series:
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/837632.stm
Official "brain story" book, companion to the
series:
-
http://www.amazon.com/BBC-Brain-Story-Unlocking-Em
otions/dp/0789478390/ref=sr_1_1/103-5064472-513025
0?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189084936&sr=1-1
About the author, Susan Greenfield:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Greenfield
and
- http://www.sirc.org/about/susan_greenfield.html
the "whole brain atlas" online:
- http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html Tags :QuarksAreStrangeFreeWillBrainBBCNeurologyExperimentConsciousDecisionPhilosophy
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. Tags :NeuroscienceNeuroaestheticsNeurophilosophyPhilosophyofMindsynesthesianeurologyhinduismart
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 4 of 8. Tags :NeuroscienceNeuroaestheticsNeurophilosophyPhilosophyofMindsynesthesianeurologyhinduismart