The Magic in Neuroscience - How our brain fools us - Keith Barry

An excellent example of how the brain is NOT trained to understand illusions or deceptions and why we continue to be deceived.

Sebastian Seung, Professor, Computational Neuroscience, MIT and his Search for the River as Opposed to Stream of Consciousness

Sebastian Seung, Professor of Computational Neuroscience, MIT is mapping a massively ambitious new model of the brain that focuses on the connections between each neuron. He calls it our "connectome," and it's as individual as our genome -- and understanding it could open a new way to understand our brains and our minds.

TED with Neuroscientist Michael Merzenich

Neuroscientist Michael Merzenich looks at one of the secrets of the brain's incredible power: its ability to actively re-wire itself. He's researching ways to harness the brain's plasticity to enhance our skills and recover lost function Source - TED