The Uncharted Mind: A New Understanding of Brain Function

Michael Goard investigates the neural circuitry underlying our ability to perceive and navigate through the external world. In this talk he looks at the link between biology and cognition and the tools that have been developed to study neural circuits. Goard is in the departments of Molecular, cellular and Developmental Biology and Psychology & Brain Science at UC Santa Barbara. Recorded on 08/14/2020. [12/2020] [Show ID: 36514]

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[PostScarcitytCat]

Thanks for posting this, feels good to be inspired to study hard by some really interesting research!

[MrBarryyoung]

Thanks! Those last two examples were really inspriring.

[Bungifun]

When he's pointing at something on the screen and explaining, please don't zoom in on his head 🙃

[jjmthree]

Thank you for taking the time to share.

[theflyer]

Excellent research and very well presented. Ty

[SolaceEasy]

Powerful information. Thank you for sharing your research. Please accept my comments. I was disappointed you did not personalize this presentation for us. I noticed a few slides that were either skipped or partially skipped. It appears you reuse this presentation for other means. I also noticed another commenter was upset with the second camera placement. It was very unusual to see the cuts back and forth from him not looking at the camera to him looking at the camera. I think this is a poor directing and editing choice.

[lsdlrf]

Very impressed. I hope that the more we learn about the brain, the better we will be able to heal “sick brains” & the illnesses sick brains produce.

[OrlandoRodriguezHK]

very good presentation, congratulations you are doing excellent work.

[hunterGk]

While I find the results of the research fascinating I can't help but be slightly horrified by the experiments on living animals. I think I'll always be very conflicted about animal testing.

[mliittsc]

why show a bacteriophage when infecting a neuron?

[naimulhaq]

It is interesting to know that life began with 320 neurons in slugs and developed into the complex structure of the brains of higher animals. I wonder how jelly fish go about their daily chores, without a brain.

[naimulhaq]

The brain, the five senses and all the cells act in unison as a Quantum Computing function where the software and the hardware, input/output ports etc., can get smeared. We will never know the algorithm of how this QC function ensures determinism or how new discoveries are made, intelligence, consciousness etc., are simulated. This video is an elementary attempt to understand these, very difficult subjects.