The one truly in control is our unconscious mind, with circuits firing constantly during the day, monitoring different parts of your body and reacting accordingly. Who’s actually in control around here? You are always aware of your surroundings, but who makes the decision to avoid a speeding car driving to your direction? It is not under your cognitive control.

You see, I keep referring to you as being the one in charge. You are you due to the unique combination of life experiences and genes that you carry. In this reality you have created, who are you actually? And importantly, how do you get to be you? Could I be you if I shared the same experiences with you? Could you be me if you had the same genes as me? Each one of us has developed in a unique way, our brains have been trained since the beginning of our time in a completely different way, even for tasks that we all share with each other. Actually, some people (in the name of neuroscience!) change their reality for a little while: they enter a reality where left is right and right is left. You won’t be surprised to know that it’s all in our brain! Our brains create our own unique reality, which we grow so accustomed to that we don’t realise how difficult it would be to ”change” realities. Most of us have actually wondered if the things that are in front of us are real or how real they are. It all begins with asking what is reality. Why binge watch on *insert your series here* when you can watch this fascinating documentary series? Caution: don’t overflood yourself with information why not take 6 consecutive days watching each episode instead? Well, first some logistics, the series has 6 episodes, almost 1-hour long each, so you’ll need 6 hours in total.

It’s a really interesting series, no matter how much you know about neuroscience and I hope this post will motivate you to have a look. David Eagleman, a neuroscientist known for his work on synaesthesia (a process through which you might see colours when hearing words for example) and plasticity. I recently started watching this series called “The Brain with David Eagleman” hosted by Dr. Well, it’s the same with neuroscience, it’s just I get excited with articles, books, and documentaries. Anything that reminds you of them or will let you get to know them a bit better gets you excited. Neuroscience is like the one person in your life you can’t stop loving, but you really don’t know why you just love everything about them.

The brain with dr david eagleman