How the Wiring of Our Brains Shapes Who We Are - With Kevin Mitchell
The Royal Institution via YouTube
Overview
Syllabus
Intro
What makes you you?
And in the Physical Structures of our Brains
Differences Between Humans and Chimps
Early Embryonic Development
Brain Development
1000s of types of neurons
Organised into microcircuits
Connected into larger brain systems
Genetic Program for Making a Human Brain
Genes are physical stretches of DNA
Genes encode proteins
Proteins are molecular machines
Molecular Machinery: A Tour of the Protein Data Bank
Brain structure in twins
Can reconstruct tracts, examine connectivity
Heritability of Brain Structural Connectivity
Heritability of Functional Connectivity
Family environment has little effect on traits
Intrinsic Developmental Variation
Neuromodulators gate synaptic plasticity
Neuromodulator circuits differ between people
Subjective Experience Gates Plasticity
Genetic Effects on Experience
Taught by
The Royal Institution