The Brain: The Story of You

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Lockedin the silence and darkness of your skull, your brain fashions the rich narratives of your reality and your identity. There were many interesting concepts introduced but the lack of exploration into any of them made me feel shortchanged. He talks to Sally Davies, FT Weekend’s digital editor, about the nature of consciousness, why human beings are hardwired for xenophobia, and how technology can extend our cognitive powers. Harris is looking for changes in the brain’s social network, in particular the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC).

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So not only was it possible to implant false new memories in the brain, but people embraced and embellished them, unknowingly weaving fantasy into the fabric of their identity.Eagleman concludes with a fascinating exploration of the way in which we might use technology to enhance our bodies and lengthen our lives. Your brain is a relentless shapeshifter, constantly rewriting its own circuitry – and because your experiences are unique, so are the vast, detailed patterns in your neural networks. Neuroscientist David Eagleman argues that the brain is like a field of battle: subject to conflicting drives and impulses that we are only just beginning to understand. Eagleman gives us a fascinating example of a school experiment, and indicates how education can teach children about the dangers of dehumanisation.

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While our brains lead us to believe that we consciously make choices, evidence from many sources suggests that we often choose unconsciously, and only generate a justification consciously. On the way, amidst the infinitely dense tangle of brain cells and their trillions of connections, something emerges that you might not have expected to see: you. In this book, Eagleman reviews how the human brain develops, how our senses and ability to perceive the world develop, how external factors influence our actions and decision-making, why we are such social creatures, and how technology might augment and extend our lives. It would be impossible to take in if we didn’t all possess that impossibly extraordinary thing, a brain. This region becomes active when we’re interacting with, or thinking about, other people — but it’s not active when we’re dealing with inanimate objects, such as a coffee mug.And since consciousness is the product of collaboration of billions of parts of our brain and body in the right way and direction, do you think the earth or universe could have a consciousness of it's own? To find out, I invited a second group of people to the lab — all of whom had been exposed to the most lethal toxin on the planet.