Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

Ep11 "What does dreaming have to do with the rotation of the planet?"

Jun 5, 2023

47:39

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The competition in the brain and its potential downside

01:28

Introduction

2min

The Importance of Dreaming

4min

How to Know if You're Living in a Simulation

5min

The Role of Dreams in Memory Consolidation

5min

The Benefits of Blindness

6min

The Speed of Brain Plasticity

4min

The Effects of Blindfolding on Behavior

2min

The Role of Nighttime Hallucinations in Neuroscience

3min

The Role of Dreams in the Visual System

6min

10.

The Associative Neural Network and Dreams

3min

11.

The Defensive Activation Theory of Blindness

6min

12.

The Relationship Between Plasticity and Dreaming

2min

13.

The Relationship Between Plasticity and REM Sleep

5min

14.

The Inert Cosmos Podcast: A Conversation With David Eagleman

2min

Why are some of the best musicians blind? Can blind people learn how to echolocate, like a bat? What do your nightly dreams have to do with the rotation of the planet? Once we find alien life on other planets, should we expect that aliens have dreams at night? Find out why dreaming might be the strange lovechild of brain plasticity.