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David Eagleman on the Neuroscience and the Unconscious

May 31, 2011 by Wes Alwan 8 Comments

Terry Gross has an interesting interview with neuroscientist David Eagleman, author of Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain (Incidentally, if you're in Boston you can catch him at Harvard Bookstore on Friday). Eagleman's book is about, among many other things, the neuroscience of unconscious processes and their importance to our behavior (something of the particular interest to me); and has some very neo-Kantian ideas about space and time being "constructed" by the brain and not "out there."

-- Wes

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  1. Russ says

    June 3, 2011 at 7:22 pm

    Wes, ordered this book on your recommendation and am reading now: enjoyable and very readable. Thanks and continue with your excellent suggestions!

    Out of curiosity, do you enjoy the films of director Christopher Nolan. Most of them are very psychological and explore the contradictory and multi-dimensional nature of the mind.

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  2. Wes Alwan says

    June 4, 2011 at 3:35 pm

    Thanks Russ — I actually read his book right after posting this. Could hardly put it down, read it in two sittings. The next one of these popular neuroscience books I’ll read is “Your Brain is (Almost) Perfect,” by a colleague of Eagleman.

    I liked Inception a lot but I can’t remember how I felt about Memento — I’ll have to watch that again. Insomnia I liked a lot. Batman Begins I vaguely remember hating, but The Dark Knight I enjoyed.

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  3. Russ says

    June 4, 2011 at 9:45 pm

    Make sure to check out “The Prestige”. It’s great and Michael Caine with one of the best movie lines ever: “Obsession is a young man’s game.”

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    • Wes Alwan says

      June 5, 2011 at 8:51 am

      Thanks — will do.

      Reply
  4. Noah says

    June 5, 2011 at 11:03 pm

    Both of you should check out “the Brain that Changes Itself.”

    Reply
    • Wes Alwan says

      June 5, 2011 at 11:55 pm

      Thanks – will do.

      Reply

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