BBC Reith Lectures 2003, The Emerging Mind

Reith Lectures 2003 Vilayanur S. Ramachandran "The Emerging Mind" Audio recordings and transcripts Originally broadcast BBC Radio 4 -------------------------------------------------------- Torrent-TotalSize = 96 MB Torrent-InfoHash = B0B1E1C6B86E1EB8EDF55B07DAB7E9AA380D9EE1 Torrent-Tracker-announce-URLs http://tpb.tracker.thepiratebay.se:80/announce http://www.sumotracker.org/announce http://tracker.torrentbox.com:2710/announce Original stream encoded by Helix Server v11.1.7.3406 Decoded by RealPlayer v10.0.8.805 Captured by Vsound v0.6 Recoded by Oggenc v1.0.1 (libvorbis 1.0.1) Encoded 64kbps, 44.1kHz, 2 Chan -------------------------------------------------------- File Name File Size Time reith2003lecture1.ogg 20 MB 42:36 reith2003lecture2.ogg 20 MB 42:21 reith2003lecture3.ogg 18 MB 42:35 reith2003lecture4.ogg 20 MB 42:35 reith2003lecture5.ogg 20 MB 42:32 reith2003.txt 2 KB Words reith2003lecture1.txt 30 KB 5370 reith2003lecture2.txt 25 KB 4443 reith2003lecture3.txt 25 KB 4427 reith2003lecture4.txt 28 KB 4969 reith2003lecture5.txt 26 KB 4459 -------------------------------------------------------- REITH LECTURES The Reith Lectures are an annual series of radio lectures given by leading figures of the day, commissioned by the BBC and broadcast on BBC Radio 4. They were begun in 1948, in honour of the first Director-General of the BBC, John Reith. REITH LECTURES 2003 This year's Reith lecturer is the noted neuroscientist Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, Director of the Centre for Brain and Cognition and professor with the Psychology Department and the Neurosciences Programme at the University of California, San Diego. He is also Adjunct Professor of Biology at the Salk Institute. LECTURE 1: PHANTOMS IN THE BRAIN Scientists need no longer be afraid to ask the big questions about what it means to be human with empirical evidence now answering ancient philosophical questions about meaning and existence. LECTURE 2: SYNAPSES AND THE SELF Scientists need no longer be afraid to ask the big questions about what it means to be human with empirical evidence now answering ancient philosophical questions about meaning and existence. LECTURE 3: THE ARTFUL BRAIN Professor Ramachandran draws on neurological case studies and work from ethology (animal behavior) to present a new framework for understanding how the brain creates and responds to art. He will use examples mainly from Indian art and Cubism to illustrate these ideas. LECTURE 4: PURPLE NUMBERS AND SHARP CHEESE Professor Ramachandran demonstrates experimentally that the phenomenon of synesthaesia is a genuine sensory effect. For example, some subjects literally "see" red every time they see the number 5 or green when they see 2. LECTURE 5: NEUROSCIENCE - THE NEW PHILOSOPHY Professor Ramachandran argues that neuroscience, perhaps more than any other discipline, is capable of transforming man's understanding of himself and his place in the cosmos.

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jyanendra (2011-04-11)

Been looking for this one - thanks!