Dr. Baland Jalal

and said in its own ways, it has this fluidity to it. So that's kind of my view of the brain overall, that it's a dynamic object. But beyond that, let me also explain some of our experiments. So the way that we approach science and probing the human brain is through experiments where we look at conceptual experiments in neuroscience.

and said in its own ways, it has this fluidity to it. So that's kind of my view of the brain overall, that it's a dynamic object. But beyond that, let me also explain some of our experiments. So the way that we approach science and probing the human brain is through experiments where we look at conceptual experiments in neuroscience.

and said in its own ways, it has this fluidity to it. So that's kind of my view of the brain overall, that it's a dynamic object. But beyond that, let me also explain some of our experiments. So the way that we approach science and probing the human brain is through experiments where we look at conceptual experiments in neuroscience.

So for example, there's the rubber hand illusion, if you probably know that.

So for example, there's the rubber hand illusion, if you probably know that.

So for example, there's the rubber hand illusion, if you probably know that.

So the rubber hand illusion is this illusion where you have a chap, he puts his hand right here, and then you have his right hand underneath the table, right? And so me, Balan, the experimenter, will stroke and tap the hand of the experimental subject. I'll go stroke, stroke, tap, tap, tap, tap, stroke, stroke underneath the table. And I'll stroke and tap the table in front of Joe, the subject.

So the rubber hand illusion is this illusion where you have a chap, he puts his hand right here, and then you have his right hand underneath the table, right? And so me, Balan, the experimenter, will stroke and tap the hand of the experimental subject. I'll go stroke, stroke, tap, tap, tap, tap, stroke, stroke underneath the table. And I'll stroke and tap the table in front of Joe, the subject.

So the rubber hand illusion is this illusion where you have a chap, he puts his hand right here, and then you have his right hand underneath the table, right? And so me, Balan, the experimenter, will stroke and tap the hand of the experimental subject. I'll go stroke, stroke, tap, tap, tap, tap, stroke, stroke underneath the table. And I'll stroke and tap the table in front of Joe, the subject.

I'll go tap, tap, stroke, stroke, stroke, stroke, tap, tap. Yes, sir. And about two minutes of me doing this, he will feel touch sensations arising from the table. And I don't mean this in kind of an abstract metaphorical sense. I mean this literally. He will have touch sensations, somatosensory regions of his brain becoming active from this process.

I'll go tap, tap, stroke, stroke, stroke, stroke, tap, tap. Yes, sir. And about two minutes of me doing this, he will feel touch sensations arising from the table. And I don't mean this in kind of an abstract metaphorical sense. I mean this literally. He will have touch sensations, somatosensory regions of his brain becoming active from this process.

I'll go tap, tap, stroke, stroke, stroke, stroke, tap, tap. Yes, sir. And about two minutes of me doing this, he will feel touch sensations arising from the table. And I don't mean this in kind of an abstract metaphorical sense. I mean this literally. He will have touch sensations, somatosensory regions of his brain becoming active from this process.

Yeah, yeah, absolutely. It's an embodiment, right? So in two minutes, I turn this subject into a table, right? And then more than that, if I, me, you know, Balan, was to take a hammer and go like this on the table, he'll go, you know, he'll feel pain sensations, right? So the pain regions of his brain will light up if I was to look in a scanner and, you know, look at the neurons there.

Yeah, yeah, absolutely. It's an embodiment, right? So in two minutes, I turn this subject into a table, right? And then more than that, if I, me, you know, Balan, was to take a hammer and go like this on the table, he'll go, you know, he'll feel pain sensations, right? So the pain regions of his brain will light up if I was to look in a scanner and, you know, look at the neurons there.

Yeah, yeah, absolutely. It's an embodiment, right? So in two minutes, I turn this subject into a table, right? And then more than that, if I, me, you know, Balan, was to take a hammer and go like this on the table, he'll go, you know, he'll feel pain sensations, right? So the pain regions of his brain will light up if I was to look in a scanner and, you know, look at the neurons there.

So it shows you that in that way, you can take... First of all, you can create a sensation of this table belonging to you, but then... Being part of you. Big part of you, right? It becomes an embodied part of you. But then beyond that, you afflict pain now to the table, in fact, and then you will feel... Yeah, well, that would also be part of social perception, I presume.

So it shows you that in that way, you can take... First of all, you can create a sensation of this table belonging to you, but then... Being part of you. Big part of you, right? It becomes an embodied part of you. But then beyond that, you afflict pain now to the table, in fact, and then you will feel... Yeah, well, that would also be part of social perception, I presume.

So it shows you that in that way, you can take... First of all, you can create a sensation of this table belonging to you, but then... Being part of you. Big part of you, right? It becomes an embodied part of you. But then beyond that, you afflict pain now to the table, in fact, and then you will feel... Yeah, well, that would also be part of social perception, I presume.

It's very interesting. So we actually, we were the first group to show that people with OCD who has very fixed sense of self, right? So they wash their hands all the times, washing and scrubbing.

It's very interesting. So we actually, we were the first group to show that people with OCD who has very fixed sense of self, right? So they wash their hands all the times, washing and scrubbing.