About David Eagleman:
David Eagleman is an American neuroscientist and writer at Baylor College of Medicine, where he directs the Laboratory for Perception and Action and the Initiative on Neuroscience and Law. He is best known for his work on brain plasticity, time perception, synesthesia, and neurolaw. He is a Guggenheim Fellow, a council member in the World Economic Forum, and a New York Times bestselling author published in 28 languages. He is the writer and presenter of the six-hour television series, The Brain, airing on PBS in October 2015.
You´re not perceiving what's out there. You're perceiving whatever your brain tells you.
David EaglemanInstead of reality being passively recorded by the brain, it is actively constructed by it.
David EaglemanThere is a looming chasm between what your brain knows and what your mind is capable of accessing.
David EaglemanBecause vision appears so effortless, we are like fish challenged to understand water.
David EaglemanDeath... The moment, sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time.
David Eagleman