The Enduring Conundrum of Consciousness

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Channel: World Science Festival · 2014 · Science & Technology

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It's an old question: What is consciousness? But today, sophisticated brain imaging technologies, clinical studies, and new ways to listen to nerve cells are bringing scientists closer than ever to the neurobiological basis of consciousness. Join leading neuroscientists, neurologists, and philosophers studying whether Homo sapiens is the only conscious species, whether consciousness lives not only within our brain but outside of it as well, and the fundamental biochemical processes that produce the mind inside the brain.

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Original Program date: May 30, 2013

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