Right now, billions of neurons in your brain are working together to generate a conscious experience -- and not just any conscious experience, your experience of the world around you and of yourself within it. How does this happen? According to neuroscientist Anil Seth, we're all hallucinating all the time; when we agree about our hallucinations, we call it "reality." Join Seth for a delightfully disorienting talk that may leave you questioning the very nature of your existence.

Anil Seth: Your brain hallucinates your conscious reality

Your brain hallucinates your conscious reality

Exploring how anesthesia reveals the mystery of consciousness, showing our existence hinges on the brain's complex neuron activity.

Our reality and self are 'controlled hallucinations', shaped by the brain's predictions and sensory input, challenging perceptions.

Understanding consciousness and self as products of biological mechanisms offers new perspectives in psychiatry and our sense of existence.

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