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Ep14 "Why do we have so little access to what’s happening under the hood?"

Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

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The Importance of Introspection

People with tarot grade amnesia can't consciously recall new experiences in their lives. Drugs of all sorts influence our behavior this is obvious with narcotics they slightly tweak the behavior of the network and now you're talking to silver leprechauns. These kinds of changes and who you are these applied prescription medications as well some years ago physicians began noticing that some of their patients who had Parkinson's disease were becoming compulsive gamblers. The sum total of your neurochemistry whether from alcohol or drugs or abuse or steroids or clinical medications whatever modify your behavior so when we talk about morality and decision making  we're really talking about the neural basis for us to make decisions.

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