When we're asleep, despite not moving at all, we're in contrast its own version of to be fully conscious, right? My experience is that I'm also, again, fully conscious in that state. We have the control condition within ourselves every single night. It's kind of remarkable. And just these little simple things like dreaming in color or when you mentally imagine something, how far away is it from your eyes and feet? Yeah, maybe I can ask you before I see you with answers.
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.