Uncovering the brain's biggest secret - Melanie E. Peffer

Explore how a scientist and artist discovered how our brains transmit signals throughout the body, and laid the foundation for modern neuroscience.

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In the 1860s, scientists believed they were on the verge of uncovering the brain’s biggest secret: how the brain’s signals travel through the body. They believed these impulses travelled uninterrupted along a massive web of tissue. But soon, a young artist would cut down this hypothesis, and sketch a bold new vision of how our brains work. Melanie E. Peffer details the discoveries of Golgi and Cajal.

Lesson by Melanie E. Peffer, directed by Artrake Studio.

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[ind]

When you want to be an artist but you also like science.

[thirua.]

Our brains studies about itself and knows that it studies about itself...

[SnoopyDoofie]

So if the Golgi apparatus was named after a guy named Golgi, I take it that mitochondria was named after some guy named Steve Mitochondria.

[justonlyalta]

Don't forget that *Leonardo Da Vinci* was know for painting, drawing, sculpting, science, engineering, architecture and anatomy.

[blueeye]

Dad: You will become a doctor!
Mom: No! You will become an artist! This was your grandpa's last wish!

This hybrid: What about a Nobel Prize with both?

[blueberrychocolate]

“However his massive collection of drawing supported his hypothesis from every angle.” I see what you did there.

[manya]

This video just re-sparked my wish of becoming a Singer while also studying neurosciences 😭😅

[ggk]

"so how were these individual cells transmitting electrical signals"
yeeting chemicals at eachother prob

[annsmahboob]

Ah medicine my passion, art my kryptonite! I am going to enjoy this video.

[giahypham]

This video has strong “I like arts but my parents are Asian” energy.

[nerimed]

Cajal's work was so important, they named a type of brain cell after him.

[xeroxsaw]

As a Spaniard, I’m glad you talked about one of our most important scientists we’ve ever had, sadly a dying breed in our country these days

[samimas]

Damn living people being attached to living brains.

[ARS]

Sometimes I think if I would have been a better student had YouTube been this big in my education years ❤️

[aqsamobdi]

The more technology advances the more we discover amazing things about life n surrounding things

[naturesgirl]

I suddenly clicked because it was something related to medicine..❤️
So it was none other than Mr.Golgi and Cajal...

[jesscarstairs]

I did a research and a presentation about him in my freshman year of college for a course called History of Scientific Thinking. At first I cried reading about his story because I wanted to be a writer but instead I was focusing on a pretty different area (my classmates and counselor were shocked when I told them). I'm kinda over it now, but I respect him a lot and still keep the slides and the pictures of his drawings for the days when my studies become too frustrating and overwhelming to handle.

[ilickcatnip]

"can we call these brains cute, why not?"
Me: Yeah yeah, sure.

[RiyaRoy-ktgy]

The voice is soo soothing. Brings me peace at the end of the day. I watch one video every night before going to sleep. 🙂

[pratikshyamohapatra]

Actually somewhere science and art go hand to hand.. There are somany people who are great artist also has an immense inclination for science.. As an indian it certainly reminds me of Mr. Susant singh rajput... GOD BLESS HIS SOUL🙏....