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The Mystery of Consciousness


How does the wet stuff of the brain and nervous system give rise to the vivid and varied world of our subjective experience?

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Watch a short film on our history that includes intriguing interviews with leading researchers in the field of consciousness.  

The problem of human consciousness has preoccupied philosophers for centuries, but only recently have we acquired the tools to make this problem a topic of scientific inquiry. Scientists agree that this is one of the great scientific questions for the 21st century.

 

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film produced by Rico Productions, Inc./Ricardo Ainslie, Ph.D.

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