Scientists can't dissect living people's brains to study their function. But by examining the behavior of people whose brains are atypical (due to stroke, injury, or being born that way),...
========== [ambient music playing][Michael]<i> Derek, have you
ever watched</i> Mind Fieldon YouTube?No, but I would like
to watch it, Michael.[Michael] Okay.So<i> Mind Field</i>
has a theme songthat I'd love
for you to listen toto see if you can play it
for me on the piano.I would like to listen to it,
Michael.All right.
Just load this up here.[theme music playing][playing piano]Oh, hello.This is a tray of brains.Cow brains.Here is a sagittal slice
I prepared earlier.Now, imagine that
this is my brain.Just looking at it,
it would be impossible to knowwhat part does whator that different parts
did different things at all.But if you change
specific parts of your brain,you can often affect
specific functions.So if this was my brain...that would be pret...
