The Enchanted LoomTeasing sturdy threads from neuroscience masterworks

Teasing 10 threads fromDavid Eagleman’s …

Thread 1:

The brain is a team of conflicting rivals.

(pgs. 101-150)

Thread 2:

The brain runs zombie systems.

(pgs. 132-144)

Thread 3:

The brain will go to great lengths to make us believe the stories we tell ourselves.

(pgs. 131-137)A Confabulation of Dragons

Thread 4:

Allocating blame and fault is an antisocial act.

(pgs. 151-192)

Thread 5:

The nested networks in the brain are more like amarketplacethan an assembly line.

(pg. 46)

Thread 6:

Self-consciousnessinfluences seeing, smelling,hearing,feeling, tasting and touch.

(pg. 62)

Thread 7:

The brain is filled with all kinds ofremarkable,unthinkablethoughts.

(pgs. 75-100)

Thread 8:

Much like computers,the brain has“boot sectors”to which we cannot gainaccess.

(pg. 199)

Thread 9:

Secrets areunhealthy for the brain.

(pg. 145)

Thread 10:

There are gene sets that makehalf the world’s population44 timesmore likelyto commitsexual assault.

(pg. 158)

Image Credits:

Title Page: http://www.rappler.com/science-nature/23193-personality-traits-brain-scans

Slide 3 - http://www.brainpickings.org/2011/06/01/david-eagleman-incognito/

Slide 12 - http://www.eaministries.co.uk/there-is-a-testimony-after-every-test/

Slide 2 - http://www.rappler.com/science-nature/23193-personality-traits-brain-scans

Slide 6 - http://www.scottgustafson.com/Portfolio_F7.html

Slide 5 - http://bit.ly/1D6GqTI

Slide 11 - http://bit.ly/1OzkfLw

Slide 10 - http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/nescience

Slide 13 - http://runagainstdv.com/facts/sexual-assault-facts/

Slide 9 - http://dict.eudic.net/dicts/en/self-conscious

Slide 8 - http://tx.english-ch.com/teacher/alvi/home/the-market-place-conversation/

Slide 7 - http://www.avayeravanpnub.blogfa.com/

Slide 4 - http://matome.naver.jp/odai/2142130460131930501/2142131158739591403

Mark Brady, PhDTheEnchantedLoom@gmail.com

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