TED Talks

Daniel Wolpert: The real reason for brains

TV-PG
2011 • E88    Jul 13, 2011    15m
Ted Global 2011

Session 7: Bodies

Neuroscientist Daniel Wolpert starts from a surprising premise: the brain evolved, not to think or feel, but to control movement. In this entertaining, data-rich talk he gives us a glimpse into how the brain creates the grace and agility of human motion.

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