Chapter 1
The physical landscape of the brain
Chapter 2
How the brain builds reality
Chapter 3
The changing brain of memory and learning
Chapter 4
The chemistry of mood and choices
YOUR GOAL
Master of The human brain
Ch 2 · How the brain builds reality
artiteacher How the brain builds reality
Ahead of time, ahead of time! Your brain sees the world ahead of time!
artiteacher For some people, senses blend together, allowing them to taste words or see colorful music.
artiteacher The brain uses past experiences to guess and construct things we cannot actually see.
BETA
artiteacher Build the brain's complex structure to learn how its different regions control your body.
Fun Fact
Blind spot: Your brain completely invents the visual details to fill the blind spot in each of your eyes.
Glossary
perception (noun)
The process of organizing, identifying, and interpreting sensory information to represent and understand the environment. Although Mike May's eyes were surgically repaired in 2000, his brain struggled to construct visual perception.
The process of organizing, identifying, and interpreting sensory information to represent and understand the environment. Although Mike May's eyes were surgically repaired in 2000, his brain struggled to construct visual perception.
Quiz
Why does the brain constantly predict visual events slightly before they happen?