Christopher Evans - When Brains Go Bad

How do injured brains help explain normal brains? One of the most powerful ways of learning about normal brain function is to examine what functions are lost when parts or areas of the brain are degraded or destroyed due to injury or disease. The subtle variations of different brain problems reveal the remarkable strands that make the normal brain work so well. Free access to Closer to Truth's library of 5,000 videos: http://bit.ly/376lkKN Support the show with Closer To Truth merchandise: https://bit.ly/3P2ogje Watch more interviews on brain structure and function: https://bit.ly/3ohWNAI Christopher Evans is currently Director of the UCLA Brain Research Institute and the Stefan Hatos Professor directing the Shirley and Stefan Hatos Center for Neurophamacology in the UCLA Semel Institute. Register for free at CTT.com for subscriber-only exclusives: https://bit.ly/3He94Ns Closer to Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.