From Tongue to Brain: the Neurology of Taste

Human taste, scent and flavour and how they’re processed by various neurological pathways. Includes instructions for the jelly bean test demonstrating the role of scent, which can be done at home. Transcript available.

How Magic Changes Our Expectations About Autism

Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in a study were more subsceptible to a cognitive illusion, compared to controls. Watch the multimedia pubcast at SciVee, synced to the original article How Magic Changes Our Expectations About Autism, Kuhn et al., Psychological Science, 2010.

[Image by Juliana Coutinho.]

Spatial vs. Object-Based Attention

Neuropsychologist Marlene Behrmann gives an overview of visual perception, different types of attention, and visual processing in an interview for the excellent cognitive science educational site, Go Cognitive.

The Secret Powers of Time

Eminent psychologist Phil Zimbardo talks about our perception of time, attention and mindfulness, and how it affects our relationships with others. Part of the RSAnimate series of lecture clips remixed with hand drawn animation. Thoughtful and entertaining. See the full (non-animated) lecture here.

[Image by martinhoward.]

Prosopagnosia

Face blindness (the inability to recognize people based on their faces) and its effects on those affected is the topic of this interview, one of a series of three with the researcher.

Seeing Myself See

Neuroscientist R. Beau Lotto talks about how perception is dependent on experiential cultural and social contexts. Another great lecture from the RSA, who share an exceptional selection of thoughtful videos in their Vision video lecture series.

Notes and Neurons: In Search of the Common Chorus

A fun event mixing a panel discussion with music performances and cross-cultural demonstrations to illustrate “where music happens in the brain and how.” Panel features three cognitive neuroscientists (Levitin is also a former rock star; see other talks here and here) with musician McFerrin, discussing the nature of music and dance, emotional effects, and cultural relativity. Discussion begins at 00:09:50 after McFerrin’s first performance. Video is inconveniently broken into five parts, all at the link below.

Brain, Mind and Behavior: Pain and the Brain

From the Mini Med School for the Public from UCSF on UCTV, an engaging talk on the nature and management of pain.

title fMRI Investigations of Human Extrastriate Cortex: People, Places, and Things
description A basic lecture for the general public about visual perception and facial recognition, from the star-studded Columbia C250 Symposium. Indexed video with slides, and a PDF transcript.
producer Columbia University
featuring Nancy Kanwisher
format RealMedia
date 13/05/04
length 00:47:20
link http://c250.columbia.edu/c250_events/symposia/brain_mind/brain_mind_vid_archive.html

Tags: brain video lecture vision perception neuroimaging psychology

title The Role of Imagery and Verbal Processing in Reading Comprehension, Hyperlexia, and Autism
description The role of mental imagery in language comprehension, underlying sensory processes, hyperlexia (above-average reading skills with poor comprehension), clinical interventions. A CME credit.
producer UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute, via UCSD-TV
featuring Nanci Bell
format Flash
date 08/12/08
length 01:24:41
link http://www.ucsd.tv/search-details.asp?showID=12304

Tags: brain video lecture imagery hyperlexia autism language