Q&A: How the Wiring of Our Brains Shapes Who We Are - with Kevin Mitchell
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- Опубліковано 7 сер 2024
- When is the optimal time to intervene in a child's development to improve outcomes? Is it better to have children earlier in life? Kevin Mitchell answer audience questions following his talk.
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Kevin Mitchell is an Associate Professor in the Smurfit Institute of Genetics in Trinity College Dublin and a member of the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience.
This talk and Q&A was filmed in the Ri on 25 October 2018.
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Over two years this video has earned 10000 views. It tells a lot about our human beings.
As an electrician, this is one of my favorite topics of discussion.Ive also really enjoyed participating in such type studies. Thank You
Great Video
The man knew he should have had children earlier 2:30
If I had a database of all the skills or careers that my forefathers had say up to 7 generations up, and focused on developing those skills would I reach my true passions and strengths in a shorter time as opposed just trying different things out?
Almost certainly yes, (with the caveat that your passion may be app developer, which none of your ancestors could have been.) You may become the most satisfied and proficient cheese maker, but if you limited your search to the activities of previous generations, you could be missing an even greater proficiency or satisfaction.
In the previous video, I was getting vibes about how similar this developmental phase is to deep learning stuff. Interestingly he had mentioned that in this video.
I really think this man is “right on”
Observe ... !! Try it, (observing) could possibly be the last link? It has to, and my thesis that has after 23-year-old research in humanities and sciences, needs your constructive opinion, just in case .. and not forgetting our responsibility to understand the importance of listening with curiosity. and then say or speak it with honesty = "act with integrity" and always be aware or conscious or at least, be present before you share your opinion. Listen with curiosity, and not to reply. "what’s behind what am hearing.”
Since people seem to be concerned with understanding nature vs nurture in intelligence I have a point to make. I have a learning disability that by definition doesn't affect intelligence. I have auditory processing disorder, and it's true I'm great with some things cognitively, and slow with others and what I've learned from this is there are aspects of intelligence that the brain supports. So the term intelligence is a blanket definition not a brain function definition, as I have auditory difficulties I don't have spatial cognitive problems. Here's where things get really interesting. Culturally we don't know the two basic aspects the auditory tools the brain uses vs the spacial tools, so we don't specifically know how to abstract out what that means the brain is doing when we are thinking. My difficulties are kinda the opposite of facial blindness /object recognition issues, and more, I have difficulty grasping the details of sounds especially words and consequently have/had arrested development in a major aspect what people consider "intelligence". One of the most helpfully methods that I'm using to fix the problem is from works of Barbara Arrowsmith who has a school that helps people deal with the core brain function problems through neuroplasticity brain exercises. From what I've learned is that if you have difficulties that are outside of normal educational process that schools provide, you'll be at a disadvantage in such a way that you won't know what is wrong or how to fix it. What Barbara shows is how much better schools could be designed to help the unique differences people cognition have and better train and balance those functions. Even more so her work shows that even for people who don't have issues they can still take up practises that can improve specific aspects of brain function that might be required to solve unique and specific problems. The brain to a large degree is more a muscle than what culture in general understands.
You can't play with toys you don't have but you can go get them. I have always found that someone else's tool may still be better for my job than my own. A paint brush puts down glue better than my finger.
I wonder if there's a gene for being rude and constantly interrupting the speaker :o
Well she started out by stating she had issues, then proceeded to prove it...
Brain Is A Mystery!
...still
and mysteries are meant to be solved 😀
Is that Charles Darwin at 2:01 ?
Ha, he lives yet!
I got the dumb genetics...😪😪
This guy knows... a lot about how we got here and about how a human machine is working on auto-pilot, but he seems to know nothing about what is possible when you stand up and delete auto-pilot.
He is the best example for an... "expert"!
Typical Romanian "know-it-all"
Eternal topic, but the truth is, we are so far away to know how all this happens. If we invested more money in brain research rather than "cat's sneezes" we would know more.
@Ufasdfgewaf I have to agree with you. :)
What does "cat's sneezes" mean? (I feel that its short-hand for something, but I've not seen it used before.)
@@recklessroges I meant some insignificant research instead of investing in serious human medical conditions. But as someone pointed out, people have different priorities, so I respect that.
The cost of DNA whole genome sequencing is $160 now, if you want to keep control of your data, or free if you don't. We have exaflop (human level intelligence) computers now, so the price will drop over the next ten years so eventually everyone can afford one. With all this information, and computational power, we will know everything about our species and every other species.
Barbara Arrowsmith's book The Woman Who Changed Her Brain, is a good place to start with practical knowledge of fixing the brain.
all this whining get on my nerves - the body and brain are plastic in every way at ever age - just get on a fix it for yourself
Holy SHIT ten word limit on questions please. Get the microphones AWAY from these people!