Chapter
Exploring the Organization of the Nervous System
1:29:16 - 1:38:22 (09:06)
The podcast delves into how different life experiences are processed and organized in the nervous system through various examples, including how the visual cortex gets repurposed as a center for processing tactile information in people who are blind from birth.
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Two experts discuss the complexity of how neurons form memories and specialize in responding to specific stimuli, such as faces or locations, and how they can be detected through experimental recordings.
1:29:16 - 1:31:30 (02:13)
Summary
Two experts discuss the complexity of how neurons form memories and specialize in responding to specific stimuli, such as faces or locations, and how they can be detected through experimental recordings.
ChapterExploring the Organization of the Nervous System
EpisodeDr. David Berson: Understanding Your Brain's Logic & Function
PodcastHuberman Lab
The brain is both specific and non-specific at the same time, which makes it difficult to understand how certain functions and processes work.
1:31:30 - 1:34:34 (03:04)
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The brain is both specific and non-specific at the same time, which makes it difficult to understand how certain functions and processes work. This creates the hard problem of squaring specialized genes and neurons with cortical real estate that no longer receives visual input but still expects it.
ChapterExploring the Organization of the Nervous System
EpisodeDr. David Berson: Understanding Your Brain's Logic & Function
PodcastHuberman Lab
The visual cortex in people who are blind from birth gets repurposed as a center for processing tactile information, especially for braille readers who reallocate real estate to their fingertips.
1:34:34 - 1:38:22 (03:48)
Summary
The visual cortex in people who are blind from birth gets repurposed as a center for processing tactile information, especially for braille readers who reallocate real estate to their fingertips. Understanding the structure of nervous tissue at a scale smaller than a millimeter is essential to comprehend the synaptic wiring of that chunk of nervous tissue.