Antonio Damasio: The quest to understand consciousness
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http://www.ted.com Every morning we wake up and regain consciousness -- that is a marvelous fact -- but what exactly is it that we regain? Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio uses this simple question to give us a glimpse into how our brains create our sense of self. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED C... Read more
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- -: Antonio Damasio: The quest to understand consciousness
December 19, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Every morning we wake up and regain consciousness -- that is a marvelous fact -- but what exactly is it that we regain? Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio uses this simple question to give us a glimpse into how our brains create our sense of self. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast...
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- -: Creating Emotions from Atoms
December 10, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/11/14/Leon_Cooper_Superconductivity__Other_Insoluble_Problems Nobel Prize-winning physicist Leon Cooper discusses his recent work in the understanding of consciousness from a material point of view. Although there is concern that this might take away from t...
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- -: TEDxDUCTAC - Dr. Menis Yousry - The Social Brain
April 4, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Dr. Yousry delivers a lecture on the relationship between our conscious and unconscious memories as a cause of conflict between human intentions and actions. Specifically, the lecture focuses on how the social brain influences identity, and defines 'Who We Think We Are' as an image that is often ...
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- -: TEDxCARDIFF: Google Consciousness - Maf Lewis, Rome Viharo
June 9, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.googleconsciousness.com In this talk, Social Media strategists and developers Rome Viharo and Maf Lewis reveal the likelihood that Google's search algorithm may already be sentient, what it means, and what it represents as a metaphor for collective problem solving. Mentioned are Egy...
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- -: Dan Dennett: Can we know our own minds?
May 3, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)http://www.ted.com Philosopher Dan Dennett makes a compelling argument that not only don't we understand our own consciousness, but that half the time our brains are actively fooling us. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the worl...
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- -: How it feels to have a stroke
March 13, 2008 (about 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened -- as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding -- she studied and rememb...
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- -: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Creativity, fulfillment and flow
October 24, 2008 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Mihaly Czikszentmihalyi asks, "What makes a life worth living?" Noting that money cannot make us happy, he looks to those who find pleasure and lasting satisfaction in activities that bring about a state of "flow." Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/tednews Checkout...
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- -: Julian Treasure: The 4 ways sound affects us
October 16, 2009 (over 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Playing sound effects both pleasant and awful, Julian Treasure shows how sound affects us in four significant ways. Listen carefully for a shocking fact about noisy open-plan offices. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference,...
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- -: David Brooks: The social animal
March 14, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Tapping into the findings of his latest book, NYTimes columnist David Brooks unpacks new insights into human nature from the cognitive sciences -- insights with massive implications for economics and politics as well as our own self-knowledge. In a talk full of humor, he shows ...
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- -: Simon Lewis: Don't take consciousness for granted
July 7, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com After a catastrophic car accident that left him in a coma, Simon Lewis found ways to recover -- physically and mentally -- beyond all expectations. At the INK Conference he tells how this remarkable story led him to concern over all threats to consciousness, and how to overcome...
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