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Ep63  "Why do brains love faces?"

Ep63 "Why do brains love faces?"

FromInner Cosmos with David Eagleman


Ep63 "Why do brains love faces?"

FromInner Cosmos with David Eagleman

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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Jun 17, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Why do we have so much circuitry in the brain devoted to faces? Why does your electrical plug seem to look like a little face? Did aliens plant a signal for us on Mars, or are we looking at a quirk of our own brains? What is face blindness and what is a super recognizer? What does any of this have to do with looking at a magazine upside down, or why computer algorithms sometimes think a jack-o'-lantern is a person? Join Eagleman for a deep dive into something so fundamental as to be typically invisible.
Released:
Jun 17, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (69)

Neuroscientist and author David Eagleman discusses how our brain interprets the world and what that means for us. Through storytelling, research, interviews, and experiments, David Eagleman tackles wild questions that illuminate new facets of our lives and our realities.