David Eagleman

It's like coming from visual cortex, you can pay auditory attention to something or something like that.

It's like coming from visual cortex, you can pay auditory attention to something or something like that.

Exactly, but I have to confess that we just don't know what... What consciousness is, where does consciousness live in that? I mean, we can talk about visual attention, auditory attention, and so on, but where's this? It's not like an extra bit that just pays attention consciously. So that's still a bit of a mystery. Yeah, yeah.

Exactly, but I have to confess that we just don't know what... What consciousness is, where does consciousness live in that? I mean, we can talk about visual attention, auditory attention, and so on, but where's this? It's not like an extra bit that just pays attention consciously. So that's still a bit of a mystery. Yeah, yeah.

Exactly, but I have to confess that we just don't know what... What consciousness is, where does consciousness live in that? I mean, we can talk about visual attention, auditory attention, and so on, but where's this? It's not like an extra bit that just pays attention consciously. So that's still a bit of a mystery. Yeah, yeah.

Yeah. Well, what it's for, of course, is what you said at the beginning, which is the way that we go on missions into the world. You know, if I'm looking for the red object, then I find the red object. If I'm looking for the thing that looks like a broom, then I find that in the crowded space and so on. So visual attention is what allows us to parse the world

Yeah. Well, what it's for, of course, is what you said at the beginning, which is the way that we go on missions into the world. You know, if I'm looking for the red object, then I find the red object. If I'm looking for the thing that looks like a broom, then I find that in the crowded space and so on. So visual attention is what allows us to parse the world

Yeah. Well, what it's for, of course, is what you said at the beginning, which is the way that we go on missions into the world. You know, if I'm looking for the red object, then I find the red object. If I'm looking for the thing that looks like a broom, then I find that in the crowded space and so on. So visual attention is what allows us to parse the world

in a way that's aligned with our mission, that what we're trying to answer in that moment.

in a way that's aligned with our mission, that what we're trying to answer in that moment.

in a way that's aligned with our mission, that what we're trying to answer in that moment.

That's exactly right. So the unconscious brain, which is most of what's happening... It's all about speed and efficiency. So if you look at, for example, this study has been done with playing Tetris. So you take a bunch of people, male and female, of course, left and right-handed, and you teach them to play Tetris.

That's exactly right. So the unconscious brain, which is most of what's happening... It's all about speed and efficiency. So if you look at, for example, this study has been done with playing Tetris. So you take a bunch of people, male and female, of course, left and right-handed, and you teach them to play Tetris.

That's exactly right. So the unconscious brain, which is most of what's happening... It's all about speed and efficiency. So if you look at, for example, this study has been done with playing Tetris. So you take a bunch of people, male and female, of course, left and right-handed, and you teach them to play Tetris.

So when they're first learning, they're amateurs, their brain is on fire with activity as measured functional magnetic resonance imaging. So you're measuring their brains. After they become good at it, the activity shrinks and shrinks. Right. It's less and less. I did this. I competed against this 10-year-old world champion cup stacker. So he takes these cups and stacks them.

So when they're first learning, they're amateurs, their brain is on fire with activity as measured functional magnetic resonance imaging. So you're measuring their brains. After they become good at it, the activity shrinks and shrinks. Right. It's less and less. I did this. I competed against this 10-year-old world champion cup stacker. So he takes these cups and stacks them.

So when they're first learning, they're amateurs, their brain is on fire with activity as measured functional magnetic resonance imaging. So you're measuring their brains. After they become good at it, the activity shrinks and shrinks. Right. It's less and less. I did this. I competed against this 10-year-old world champion cup stacker. So he takes these cups and stacks them.

It's this routine that you do as quickly as you can. I had never done it before. So we both wore high-density EEG caps, electroencephalography, and we looked at what was going on. Of course, my brain was on fire with activities. I was trying to figure out what the heck to do. But he, practicing four hours a day on this, His brain is essentially quiet while he does this incredibly rapid routine.

It's this routine that you do as quickly as you can. I had never done it before. So we both wore high-density EEG caps, electroencephalography, and we looked at what was going on. Of course, my brain was on fire with activities. I was trying to figure out what the heck to do. But he, practicing four hours a day on this, His brain is essentially quiet while he does this incredibly rapid routine.

It's this routine that you do as quickly as you can. I had never done it before. So we both wore high-density EEG caps, electroencephalography, and we looked at what was going on. Of course, my brain was on fire with activities. I was trying to figure out what the heck to do. But he, practicing four hours a day on this, His brain is essentially quiet while he does this incredibly rapid routine.