Consciousness, Dreams and the Self with Prof. Anil Seth

Professor Anil Seth is a Computational and Cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Sussex. His book Being You was a Sunday Times Bestseller. Take part in Anil's research In this podcast we discuss: Anil’s latest project ‘The Dream Machine’ What dreams are for? How your brain creates experience How we see colour Why we all see things differently What happens to your brain on Psychadelics What happens to your brains when you learn something new The illusion of Self Free Will Support for the podcast I'm an independent podcaster, which is a fancy way of saying no one pays me a regular wage. And, to level with you, that is terrifying- all of the time. So, if you like what I do and want me to keep doing it please support the show in one of the following ways. - Share the podcast with a friend, or review the podcast. - Make a one-off donation with BuyMeACoffee I work with a couple of great companies who have discounts arranged for A Need To Read listeners, they're listed below. The discounts (BH) + freebies (AG) will already be applied when you click the link. - Go to Therapy and get 10% off your first month with BetterHelp , who sponsor the show - Get your nutrition covered with the all-in-one AG1 shake from Athletic Greens , who also sponsor the show. - You can also give me feedback/comments/validation by emailing me: hello (at) aneedtoread.co.uk

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Consciousness, Dreams and the Self with Prof. Anil Seth is an episode from A Need To Read by Ed Cunningham.

This episode is 63:13 long.

This episode was published on Nov 7, 2022.

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