I'm almost positive you're talking about Vilayanur Ramachandran[0], though he never won a Nobel Prize. He is, however, one of the best lecturers in neuroscience

I'm almost positive you're talking about Vilayanur Ramachandran[0], though he never won a Nobel Prize. He is, however, one of the best lecturers in neuroscience, especially for a layman audience. He's done a few TED talks[1], which I think is what you're recalling. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilayanur_S._Ramachandran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilayanur_S._Ramachandran [1] http://www.ted.com/speakers/vilayanur_ramachandran http://www.ted.com/speakers/vilayanur_ramachandran