THE BRAIN
WITH DAVID EAGLEMAN
WHO IS IN CONTROL?
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28 @ 8:00PM
Who Is in Control?’ explores the great deception that greets us each morning when we awake: it feels as though we are in conscious control of our lives but the truth is that we are not. Instead almost every action, every decision, every belief that we hold is driven by parts of the brain that we have no access to.
Dr. Eagleman first discusses physical movement, and reveals the electrical storm of unconscious neural activity that accompanies every movement we take. What would it be like if we needed to consciously focus on every movement? We meet a patient who has to do just that – he has lost the ability to walk without consciously controlling every movement. His effortful, consciously demanding gait takes all of his attention – if he’s distracted for even a moment he will fall.
