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Neuroscientist Heather Berlin explores the subconscious mind, examining how sleepwalking, anesthesia, and brain activity influence human decision-making.

Dive into the subconscious to see what’s really driving the decisions you make. Official Website: to.pbs.org/3pUGv1s | #novapbs Are you in control, or is your brain controlling you? Dive into the latest research on the subconscious with neuroscientist Heather Berlin. Sleepwalking, anesthesia, game theory, and more reveal surprising insights in this eye-opening journey to discover what’s really driving the decisions you make. 🎙️ Watch to Heather Berlin's interview on the Particles of Thought Podcast: youtube.com/watch?v=PCAvPGtNPKo 💙 Help us bring the universe closer to home. Your donation ensures that NOVA’s deep-space discoveries and quantum physics explorations remain free and inspiring for the next generation of scientists. Support fact-based storytelling today. bit.ly/48UnsrD Chapters: Introduction Sleepwalking and the Brain Anesthesia and the Brain Results of Split Brain Surgery Emotions and the Brain How Does Trauma Affect the Brain? How Much Control Do We Have of Our Brain? Creativity and the Brain Conclusion © 2023 WGBH Educational Foundation All rights reserved This program was produced by GBH, which is solely responsible for its content. This program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station here: pbs.org/donate/ Enjoy full episodes of your favorite PBS shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR Stay up to date on the latest science discoveries, full episodes, articles, videos, and more by signing up for NOVA's newsletter here: pbs.org/wgbh/nova/newsletter/ FOLLOW US: NOVA YouTube: youtube.com/novaonline Facebook: facebook.com/NOVApbs ​ Twitter: twitter.com/novapbs ​ Instagram: instagram.com/novapbs/ TikTok: tiktok.com/@novapbs PBS Facebook: facebook.com/PBS/ Twitter: twitter.com/PBS/ Instagram: instagram.com/PBS/ YouTube: youtube.com/PBS/ TikTok: tiktok.com/@pbs Shop: shop.pbs.org/ #brainscience #perception #neuroscience #consciousness #subconscious #subconsciousmind

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What people say. Recommended as an eye-opening resource on how the brain constructs our perception of reality and controls subconscious behavior.

lloyddein Hacker News • Recommends

On “Consciousness and Anaesthesia”

The topic, but not this exception, is touched on in “Your Brain: Who's in Control? | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS“ Episode 2 of a two-part series, premiered May 24, 2023. Both episodes are fascinating and eye opening. 08:36 Anesthesia and the Brain link to this video link
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On “Visualization 'demonic' face distortions in a case of prosopometamorphopsia”

Perception Deception: Nova link Your Brain - Who's in control: Nova link to this video Both of these videos are great resources on how much of what you experience of reality is made up or filled in by your brain at any given moment. I believe it's the Perception Deception episode that shows us how little of our vision is actual HD quality and that an external observer doing eye tracking on you can present a different reality to you than a 3rd party looking at the same object you are (on a screen at least, little bit harder in the real world).
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On “The neurons that let us see what isn't there”

When talking about vision and what you see and don't I like bringing up the Your Brain: Perception Deception Nova PBS episode. link Also Your Brain: Who's in control Nova PBS link to this video
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pixl97in Hacker News • Mentions

On “Common infections can spark psychiatric illnesses in children”

PBS: Your Brain: Perception Deception link PBS: Your Brain: Who's in Control? link to this video Rationalization is mostly post ad hoc.
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On “Focus and Flow: trade-offs in programmer productivity (2021)”

I think the title suggests larger questions. What is Flow? How many different kinds of flow states are there? To what extent are they equal? I recently listened to "Your Brain: Who's in Control?" 1, a PBS documentary that looked at a musician in an MRI rapping a memorized piece vs an ad-hoc rap. They found the musician's prefrontal cortex was inhibited when doing the ad-hoc exercise. The prefrontal cortex is used as a "filter" center, to predict and evaluate the potential outcome of actions and basically to tell you when something is a bad idea. When developers are in flow, and they are creating brand new code - do their prefrontal cortex'es also become inhibited? Is that the same kind of…
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Heather Berlinon WikipediaMentions

Linked from the Wikipedia article "Heather Berlin" (WikiProject Neuroscience).
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