Functional Imaging of the Human Brain- A Window into the Organization of the Human Mind

Explore the intricacies of functional brain imaging in this 59-minute lecture by Nancy Kanwisher from MIT. Delve into topics such as individual electrodes, infant brain development, and the impact of blindness on neural organization. Examine long-range connectivity, CNN models, and predictivity in brain function. Investigate the reasons behind functional specialization, focusing on face recognition tasks and the neural machinery involved. Analyze dual train networks and functional segregation to gain insights into the organization of the human mind. Conclude with a summary of essential components for building a mind and consider important caveats in brain research.

Intro
Experiment
Individual electrodes
Infants
Blind people
Longrange connectivity
Cnn models
Predictivity
Retraining
Why do we have functional specialization
Face recognition task
Face space
Neural machinery for faces
Why do we have these systems
Dual train networks
Functional segregation
Summary
What do you have to build into a mind
A few caveats