655: David Eagleman | How Our Brains Construct Reality

David Eagleman (@davideagleman) is a Stanford neuroscientist, host of Emmy-nominated PBS/BBC series The Brain, and author of many leather-bound books, including Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain, The Brain: The Story of You, and Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain. [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the vault that we felt deserved a fresh pass through your earholes!]

What We Discuss with David Eagleman:

• Why our conscious brain should be grateful for its separation from the subconscious brain.
• What is sensory substitution, and how might it allow the blind to “see,” the deaf to “hear,” and create completely new, superhuman senses altogether?
• Your umwelt is not my umwelt: a shared environment is several realities, depending on how it’s being sensed.
• Alien hands, intellectual flexibility, zombie routines, and smartphone symbiosis.
• How might technology augment our brains in the not-too-distant future?
• And much more...

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Miss our conversation about the spooky nature of perception with world-renowned neuroscientist Beau Lotto? Catch up with episode 177: Beau Lotto | Why You See Differently When You Deviate here!

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