What’s actually happening under the hood is a level of operations our poor little conscious brains would never be able to understand. You point out that “in one cubic centimeter of brain tissue, there are as many connections as stars in the Milky Way Galaxy.” How can we even begin to fathom the crazy interconnectedness of our brain, all those millions of signals passing back and forth without our conscious awareness? We spoke with Eagleman about his lab work-designing a vest, for example, that shows our brain can use our skin to detect the subtlest of patterns-and his thoughts on violence, empathy, technology, common sense, and what human beings will look like in the year 3000. Central every Wednesday from October 14 until November 18, the series paints a warmly human, intelligent picture of the brain’s inner workings. He will speak at McKendree University at 7:30 this evening.Įagleman, who directs both the Laboratory for Perception and Action and the Initiative on Neuroscience and Law at Baylor College of Medicine, has put together a funny, smart, surprisingly comprehensible six-part series titled The Brain. He is also the host of a new PBS series that premieres October 14. David Eagleman is a neuroscientist who writes New York Times bestsellers, confronts the darkest and brightest aspects of human nature, and fights for wiser social policy.
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