In a wide-ranging talk, Vilayanur Ramachandran explores how brain damage can reveal the connection between the internal structures of the brain and the corresponding functions of the mind. He talks about phantom limb pain, synesthesia (when people hear color or smell sounds), and the Capgras delusion, when brain-damaged people believe their closest friends and family have been replaced with imposters.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/184
More on his profile and background here -
http://www.ted.com/speakers/view/id/164
And a link to his very fine lecture series on neuroscience
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith2003/lecturer.shtml
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