Decoding consciousness

Presenter: Geraint Rees

Published: January 2010

Age: 18-22 and upwards

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Type: Lectures

Source/institution: Royal Society

Everything we know about the world comes to us through our brain. Yet for each of us our own conscious mental world of thoughts and feelings is isolated and private. Despite centuries of research, language or gesture remains the only way we can discover the conscious thoughts and experiences of others.