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Aug. 24, 2012
David Eagleman Gets Inside Our Heads
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In his book Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain, neuroscientist David Eagleman says “most of what we do and think and feel is not under our conscious control.” Eagleman discusses the book and his latest research on the possible link between time perception and schizophrenia.
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Read an excerpt from Incognito: There’s Someone in My Head, But It’s Not Me
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Produced by Annette Heist, Senior Producer
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David Eagleman
Author, Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain (Pantheon Books, 2011)
Neuroscientist
Director, Laboratory of Perception and Action
Director, Initiative on Neuroscience and Law
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
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