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The most important lesson from 83,000 brain scans | Daniel Amen | TEDxOrangeCoast
Psychiatrist Daniel Amen discusses lessons from 83,000 brain scans, arguing that brain activity patterns relate to psychological symptoms and that you can improve your brain.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN cites it in depression and brain health threads for its message that the brain can be improved, and that brain injury is common and overlooked.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- TEDx Talks
- Topic
- brain imaging and mental health
- Format
- talk
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2017–2021
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From the original HN conversations
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You can show via SPECT brainscans that the over- or underactivity in certain parts of the brain correlates strongly with psychological symptoms. For example you can show that people suffering from ADD have a lowered activity in their prefrontal cortex. Or that people with an …
scns on Hacker News · 2020-05
In Surviving DepressionI think this talk is relevant. It's not specifically about convicts but includes them. "The most important lesson from 83,000 brain scans | Daniel Amen | TEDxOrangeCoast" [VIDEO] My summary of the thesis of the talk: Brain injury is far more common than is generally …
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