What's the Scariest Study in All of Neuroscience?

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"Some of what we're going to talk about is not truth. It's speculation, obviously," says author David Frum. "I was asked to one year give a talk on Halloween and I said that feels a bit overwrought." Dr. Frum has written 19 chapters roughly of different ways of looking at consciousness. 'This is a moment where you can ask what is going on inside the human brain'

How does the mind work? What makes us sad? What makes us laugh? Despite advances in neuroscience, the answers to these questions remain elusive. Neuroscientist Patrick House talks about these mysteries and about his book Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. House's insights illuminate not just what we know and don't know about our minds--he also helps us understand what it means to be human.