The Left Hemisphere Storyteller

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The neuroscientist Michael Gizanica up here at UC Santa Barbara, he theorizes about this what he calls the left hemisphere storyteller. So part of the left cortex integrates all these inputs coming in from these various neural networks into some kind of coherent picture that makes sense. And it's quite apparent with brain damage subjects. His point and his larger point for non neurological patients is that we all do this. We're just dreams are mostly just random firings and we string them together into a sort of coherent story. But so is life. You look back and make some sort of coherent connection between all the dots from birth to where you are now. rarely would you predict that

In this remote Science Salon, Michael Shermer talks with Derren Brown, a British magician and writer.

His TV show Derren Brown: Mind Control received immediate success after airing in 2000. His specials include Russian Roulette, Seance, The Heist, Hero at 30,000 Feet, How to Predict the Lottery, and Apocalypse. His live shows Something Wicked This Way Comes and Svengali have won him two Olivier Awards. He garnered the 2012 BAFTA for Best Entertainment for Derren Brown: The Experiments. He has also penned the books Tricks of the Mind and Confessions of a Conjuror, which have sold over 700,000 copies worldwide.

His latest book is Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine. Derren is currently in the US for his off-Broadway show Secret (April 21st – June 25th, 2017), which has already sold out and has been extended with additional dates.

Derren Brown makes his American theatrical debut in this world premiere production at Atlantic Theater Company. New York audiences can experience Derren’s unique blend of mind-reading, suggestion and psychological illusion in a brand new theatrical experience.