More Brain

Discovery documentary on the brain. Probably wont live up to the ambitious title of "Everything you need to know about the brain" but might add colour to your knowledge.

Religion and The Brain

Horizon documentary, God On The Brain:

Part 1



Part 2



Part 3



Part 4



Part 5



Ramachandran, the Temporal Lobes and God:

Part 1



Part 2

Amnesia: Clive

Split brain: Joe

Consciousness videos

Ramachandran on consciousness, qualia, and self



More Ramachandran in his TED talk



Interview with David Chalmers




David Chalmers: Neural Correlates of Consciousness (I)



David Chalmers: Neural Correlates of Consciousness (II)



David Chalmers: Neural Correlates of Consciousness (IV) (III missing)



Hameroff: Quantum Consciousness, Quantum Mind (I)



Hameroff: Quantum Consciousness, Quantum Mind (II)



Hameroff: Quantum Consciousness, Quantum Mind (III)



Jeff Hawkins: how the brain works (might link to functionalism)

Schizophrenia: Gerald

Short documentary about Gerald, a man with schizophrenia. Part 1 and 2 shown below.

Also, there is a bank of stuff on the disorder here. And, I can't remember where I recorded this from but it gives an insight into the subjective experience of the disorder. Someone has put sound effects over the top, presumably to match some of the heightened sense of reality and auditory hallucinations experienced by the patient.

The Dyslexia Myth

rosswebsdale @ Flickr

Channel 4 produced a documentary on dyslexia a few years back. On the whole, I find Channel 4 docs have rather too much of an appetite for controversy at the expense of seeing things clearly, but it might be good if only to bring alive the area. I haven't seen it but you can watch it here.

The Brain

"Brainstem, brainstem!" Ahh...I love YouTube.

Autism: Uta tutors

58 minute long lecture on autism by Uta Frith, Professor in Cognitive Development at UCL and general big cheese in the study of autism:

And getting a bit closer to autism; ignore the sell at the end:

Also, if you like autism see a film called After Thomas, which superbly tells the true story of a family and the struggles they face with their autistic son. Keeley Hawes is fantastic.

Eating Disorders

Here's a documentary on eating disorders that some of you might find useful. Info on it here.