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When the Brain Deceives Itself

The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

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Anosygnosia - What Is Going on Inside My Brain?

People with anosignosia tell similar woppers all the time, and usually quite cheerfully. If they have a paralyzed arm and you ask them to raise it, they'll grin and claim it's tired. They also vastly underestimate their own deficits. There are even cases of people being stricken blind and denying that. Their brains fabricate a map of reality from memory and hearing and smell. But no matter how many times they bang their shins into furniture or nearly get creamed by oncoming cars, they'll just keep right on denying it.

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