Showing posts with label Video. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Video. Show all posts
Monday, December 7, 2009
Video, Temporal Lobes and Religious Experience
These are some youtube videos that have evidently been extracted from the longer BBC mini-series "Phantoms in the Brain" (Episode 1, Episode 2) featuring Dr. Ramachandran, a world renowned neurologist. They demonstrate the correlation between the brains temporal lobes and religious experience. Click "Read more >>" to access them.
God and the Temporal Lobes, part 1.
God and the Temporal Lobes, part 2.
God and the Temporal Lobes, part 1.
God and the Temporal Lobes, part 2.
Labels:
Cognitive Science,
Dualism,
Epilepsy,
Religious Experience,
Temporal Lobes,
Video
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Video, Neurologist Discusses Seizures And Experiencing God
A Grand mal seizure is the most familiar type of seizure. It causes a complete loss of motor control, uncontrollable shaking, loss of consciousness, etc during the seizure. Some seizures do not cause loss of motor control but only occur mentally. These types of seizures sometimes result in a "God Experience". This video features Dr. Ramachandran, a world renowned neurologist. Click "Read more >>" to access it.
Labels:
Cognitive Science,
Dualism,
Epilepsy,
Religious Experience,
Video
Video, Split Brain Patient, One Side is Theist, Other Side is Atheist
Dr. Ramachandran, a world renowned neurologist discusses split brain patient that has the hemispheres of their brain separated, creating two personalities, one a theist, the other an atheist. Click "Read more >>" to access it.
Video, Neurologist Talks About Inconsistency in Belief
Dr. Ramachandran, a world renowned neurologist describes how a brain damaged person thinks that their left arm belongs to someone else, but then will grab it to do a task with it when asked to. Click "Read more >>" to access it.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Video, "Phantoms in the Brain" Episode 1
This series is presented by Dr. Ramachandran, a world renowned neurologist. It shows the strange results of brain injury and interviews the patients.
Click on "Read more >>" to access them.
Episode 1.1
Episode 1.2
Episode 1.3
Episode 1.4
Episode 1.5
Click on "Read more >>" to access them.
Episode 1.1
Episode 1.2
Episode 1.3
Episode 1.4
Episode 1.5
Video, "Phantoms in the Brain" Episode 2
This series is presented by Dr. Ramachandran, a world renowned neurologist. It shows the strange results of brain injury and interviews the patients.
Click on "Read more >>" to access them.
Episode 2.1
Episode 2.2
Episode 2.3
Episode 2.4
Episode 2.5
Click on "Read more >>" to access them.
Episode 2.1
Episode 2.2
Episode 2.3
Episode 2.4
Episode 2.5
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Video, Stroke Induced Spirituality
Neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor had a stroke which allowed her to study the brain from the inside out. In this 20 min talk she describes how she was able to call for help and the feelings of spirituality that came over her as the left side of her brain was malfunctioning.
More links of interest:
from epilepsy.com
Famous religious figures with symptoms of epilepsy.
They include St. Paul, Joan of Arc and Soren Kierkegaard
From ScienceDaily
Out of body experience induced in the lab
From Debunking Christianity
Reasonable Doubt About The Soul
More links of interest:
from epilepsy.com
Famous religious figures with symptoms of epilepsy.
They include St. Paul, Joan of Arc and Soren Kierkegaard
From ScienceDaily
Out of body experience induced in the lab
From Debunking Christianity
Reasonable Doubt About The Soul
Labels:
Cognitive Science,
Dualism,
News,
Religious Experience,
Soul,
Spirituality,
Video
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