In the mid-19th century a doctor had a patient
who had suffered a stroke. The patient was unable
to speak save for one word. The word was Tan
which became his name. When Tan died, the doctor
discovered damage to the left side of his brain
and concluded that the ability to speak was housed there.
This is how neuroscience used to work by
examining the dead or investigating the damaged
but now things have changed. Imaging machines and
other technologies enable us to see the active
brain in everyday life, to observe the activation
of its cells and the mass firing of its neuron batteries.
But what picture of the brain has emerged, how
has our understanding of it changed and what are
the implications for understanding that most
mysterious and significant of all phenomena the human mind?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/iot/
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The Universe is uncaused, like a net of jewels in
which each is a reflection of all the others in a
fantastic, interrelated harmony without end.
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