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VS Ramachandran: Les neurones qui ont formé la civilisation

Filmed Nov 2009 • Posted Jan 2010TEDIndia 2009
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Le neurologue Vilayanur Ramachandran présente les fonctions fascinantes des neurones "miroir". Découverts récemment, ces neurones nous permettent d'apprendre des comportements sociaux complexes, dont certaines ont formé les bases de la civilisation humaine telle que nous la connaissons.

Neurologist V.S. Ramachandran looks deep into the brain’s most basic mechanisms. By working with those who have very specific mental disabilities caused by brain injury or stroke, he can map functions of the mind to physical structures of the brain. Full bio »

Translated into French by Thierry Barnier
Reviewed by stephanie curiel
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