How spontaneous brain activity keeps you alive - Nathan S. Jacobs
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The wheels in your brain are constantly turning, even when you're asleep or not paying attention. In fact, most of your brain’s activities are ones you’d never be aware of … unless they suddenly stopped. Nathan S. Jacobs takes us inside the always active, surprisingly spontaneous brain.
Everything we are aware of, including our thoughts and behaviors, arises from neuronal activity. But the opposite is not true--we are not aware of all of the neuronal activity in our brain. What is an advantage of not being aware of every little thing our brain is doing all the time?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Nathan S. Jacobs
- Director Hector Herrera
- Producer Pazit Cahlon
- Script Editor Alex Gendler
- Narrator Addison Anderson
