Lex Fridman Podcast
#129 – Lisa Feldman Barrett: Counterintuitive Ideas About How the Brain Works
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1. The human brain is not special in comparison to other mammalian and vertebrate brains.
2. Our brain receives information through senses from our body and the world and solves the inverse inference problem.
3. Senses were initially evolved for predation and not consciousness or experience.
4. The brain can create experiences that may trick us into thinking we have free will.
5. Free will involves cultivating experiences to change our internal model.
6. There is a lot of unknown regarding the exact workings of the brain.
7. Social and physical input is required for infants to develop neurotypically.
8. The executive control network helps weigh probabilities and narrow down options.
9. Emotions are constructed from basic ingredients and curated for children.
10. The brain makes predictions based on past experiences to understand new information.
11. The brain runs a body budget of glucose, salt, and water.
12. Constant uncertainty can lead to depleted body budgets and result in depression and anxiety.
