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This is your brain on communication

Uri Hasson · TED

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About

Neuroscientist Uri Hasson researches the basis of human communication, and experiments from his lab reveal that even across different languages, our brains show similar activity, or become "aligned," when we hear the same idea or story. This amazing neural mechanism allows us to transmit brain patterns, sharing memories and knowledge. "We can communicate because we have a common code that presents meaning," Hasson says.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED2016
Speaker
Uri Hasson
Year
2016
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Psychology and the brain, Society and politics, Languages and linguistics
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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