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Anil Seth explores the mystery of consciousness

The TED Interview

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Can We Break Back to White First, Please?

Anil Agrawal: Sign Wave Speech is a technique that allows the brain to model words and meaning. He says it's remarkable because your ears are getting exactly the same sensory information, but the experience is very different. It shows that perception doesn't just shape perception, so that it's this sound rather than that sound - it actually constitutes the perceptual experience we have.

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