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Building a Science of Consciousness

Thinking Like a Musical Instrument or Psychoactive Substances Give Access to the Nature of Brains

Nov 27, 2022
03:42

In this episode, we explore the similarities between the brain and a musical instrument. We illustrate how the brain tissue is represented by metal and how brain activity can be mimicked by sound. We also demonstrate how substances such as psychedelics and dissociatives can be used to alter brain activity. This model is based on the fact that both sound and neuronal firing are examples of oscillatory activity which can have different frequency, amplitude, coherence, and damping.

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