Dr. Justin Feinstein
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
She starts speaking to you right away as if you have this long history, as if she's already your friend.
The next thing you know, she's asking personal details about your life and she's telling you very personal details about her life.
What they saw was very much unprecedented at the time.
It was these two bean-shaped patterns.
Hyper-intense bright white patterns.
Even neurosurgeons said, how is nature, you know, carving out this little almond-shaped nucleus and leaving the rest of the brain mostly intact?
SM is one of the only living humans walking around this earth without an amygdala.
Surprise and disgust and anger and happiness and fear.
She clearly could see the picture.
She could tell if it's male or female.
She could tell you all the description of what color hair they have, what color eyes they have.
But then fear, she had this whopping deficit.
And when a blue square would appear, the shape would be paired with a very loud boat horn.
What kind of animals do you not like?
Is there anything that maybe you're afraid of or you just don't find very pleasant?