I was interested in a post over at Mind Hacks today titled … Brain Dirrection Video Tutorial … . The article told of The University of Wisconsin Medical School’s online video series that shows a human dissection.
I was especially interested in sections on the brain and spinal cord … and in the thoughtful narration by professors who do this for science and for research. 
Vaughn described how … “There is no better way of learning anatomy than seeing a dissection for yourself (I have fond memories of passing round a freshly removed circle of Willis with my fellow MSc students) and the online video series is an excellent introduction.”
I agree that “the first thing you notice is how some parts of the dissection process are indelicate….” When you think about it … we should be grateful that it’s not an easily accomplished task … to separate the skull from the tough plasticity sheet covering the brain. That’s what allows us to knock heads around and still use our brains.
As Vaughn pointsedout that … “The dissection itself it quite medical, in that it tends to focus on the gross (large scale) anatomy of veins, arteries and cavities, rather than on the sort of areas of most interest to cognitive neuroscientists - mainly the internal structure of the cortex.”
It seems to me that this video would make a great opening to your next staff meeting … followed by the question …. What more could we do with our brains at work … before they reach this last stage of usefulness…? What do you think...?
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