Announcing the "Mind and Brain" Channel
Welcome to Videosift's latest channel, Mind and Brain. It's a channel devoted to the brain and its emergent mind - everything from neurons to consciousness. This includes videos of nerve growth and damage, models of perception, talks on theories of consciousness, cognitive and computational neuroscience, neuropathology, as well as applications of this knowledge in clinical psychology, artificial intelligence, education, etc.
The basic criterion for any video to be included in the channel is that it impart some knowledge of how the brain works, whether it be the function of synaptic boutons, or the emergence of a unified perceptual field. This would also include videos describing brain function in "lower" primates and other mammals, as well as computational neuroscience applied to artificial intelligence.
Having gone through a few hundred videos looking for ones to add, I've noticed that there is a definite grey area here. My instinct is to exclude videos that ignore underlying brain function. For instance, social psychology experiments like Milgram's shock experiment and Zimbardo's prison experiment, while immensely interesting, don't really fit in this context. Likewise, videos describing Skinner's radical behaviorism would seem antithetical to the channel, since, by definition, it denies the existence of a conscious mind.
That said, I welcome the addition of any apparently relevant video to the channel, with the caveat that I may remove it and ask for a reason that it be included. I promise - I won't be nearly as much of a hard-ass as rembar. (j/k rembar!
The basic criterion for any video to be included in the channel is that it impart some knowledge of how the brain works, whether it be the function of synaptic boutons, or the emergence of a unified perceptual field. This would also include videos describing brain function in "lower" primates and other mammals, as well as computational neuroscience applied to artificial intelligence.
Having gone through a few hundred videos looking for ones to add, I've noticed that there is a definite grey area here. My instinct is to exclude videos that ignore underlying brain function. For instance, social psychology experiments like Milgram's shock experiment and Zimbardo's prison experiment, while immensely interesting, don't really fit in this context. Likewise, videos describing Skinner's radical behaviorism would seem antithetical to the channel, since, by definition, it denies the existence of a conscious mind.
That said, I welcome the addition of any apparently relevant video to the channel, with the caveat that I may remove it and ask for a reason that it be included. I promise - I won't be nearly as much of a hard-ass as rembar. (j/k rembar!
14 Comments
lucky760I think this is an absolutely fabulous idea for a channel. I can't wait to see all the very quality content to be found here.
'Grats on the new channel.
laurahear that, everybody? Lucky thinks this is an "aaaahbsolutely faaaaaahbulous" idea for a channel!
(Actually, that's exactly what I was going to say and he beat me to it so I had to make fun of him in order to have anything to say!)
Seriously, jonny, as soon as you get a lot of viddies in there I'm gonna hunt me some * dead ones! muahahahhhhhhaaaaaa
blankfistThat's an awesome idea... no... no... I cannot lie about this anymore. I'm sorry, but... but, that's a stupid idea for a channel. I think I just lost hope in humanity because of this channel. I'm no longer going to live within the confines of society because of you, jonny. No, I think I'm going to kill and rape just to prove life is meaningless now. Thanks for that.
Just kidding, awesome channel.
MrFiskBrain: an apparatus with which we think we think.
Ambrose Bierce
berticusOh, I've been waiting for this! Yay!
schmawyYes, *quality.
siftbotAwarding jonny with one star point for this contribution to Sift Talk - declared quality by schmawy.
jonnyThanks folks - don't forget that you can not do channel invocations on your own videos. You have to use the 'modify video details' page.
blankfist*brain
siftbotPost is already assigned to brain - ignoring all requests by blankfist.
blankfistLet's go mark videos with brain!!! Mwuh-haw-haw!
LittleRed says...Woooooooooooo! Finally! A new channel that's useful!
I love it. Love it, love it, love it. And when I actually get around to sifting videos, I'll be your biggest fan. Or... something.
- A former aspiring neurosurgeon
gwiz665You know, I would have thought Zonbie would've come up with this one..
Excellent choice, Jonny.
EklekGreat:) many interesting developments to expect in future research..let's follow the latest developments!
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