Heather says we are suffering from our own evolutionary past. Our brains have not evolved quickly enough to accommodate modern technology, she adds. We still have these tendencies at a place in this world where we no longer need them. She asks us: How do we save the poor saps who are being duced all the time? And if anifi had worked, you'd been like harry swity, and now you have to movea ha ha ha h, no. Rename her tabitha. E tabitha, if you can't liverae, silda, only eithers chuc, give me some questions from er familyright. Let's pop it off with
What does your brain do when watching movies? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice discover the field of neurocinematics and the difference between fiction and reality with neuroscientist Heather Berlin, PhD.
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