I have dreams that feel like real life, crystal clear, all the feelings, and a storymode, then i wake up and be like ...WOW!!! IT WAS A DREAM!!! Its like i had a different life in the dream!
I do to a certain degree, not as clear as yours seem to be, but often times I will dream that I am telling somebody something or doing something that needs to be done in my waking life and find out later that I had dreamt that I had done it. I didn’t actually do it in waking mode. Lol.
When I have dreams that are really clear, they usually turn out to be prophetic. Not the apocalyptic type prophetic but about something that is going on in my life, and the outcome. Sometimes someone will say something in my dream and when I talk to that person the next day, week, etc., they will say the exact same thing as in my dream, in the exact same way, it's eerie.
@sandeepsharma82100 - Oh, come on! "NOVA" has been on television for decades. Give it its due respect. PBS also has lots of other great content, like "Nature". There are some excellent nature documentaries on AppleTV+ - especially the eye-opening two seasons of "Prehistoric Planet".
For all those out there that think that free will is a thing or that they have free will, like they can control their thoughts? it's much much more illusory than that. Yes, the USA we have freedom, but we do not have free will (not in the way most think we do).
I'm autistic and suffered a TBI in college, so I watch every brain documentary I can find. This one is fascinating, and explains why my bowling and guitaring both get better when I'm running on autopilot.
Ken Block (RIP), when asked how he thinks driving and how he mentally handles rally racing, where you are drifting and driving 100mph through the woods and his response was: "Think? I don't think, I just drive. When I think , is when things go wrong"
When I become self-conscious, I’m a lot less coordinated. All high level physical activity doesn’t rely on conscious instruction, but to get to that point you have to practice consciously
@@alanmcnaughton3628 Please allow me to sow a bit more sir. UA-cam is sometimes « so good » and this documentary is a good example but sometimes not, there is also plenty of bs. A simple fact I wanted to sow sir…
After my TBI, my seizure disorder changed and my short-term memory writing disengaged--I started playing the piano for hours (apparently recording a lot of the time, but not remembering any of what transpired). One day i opened up my computer to a message about the disk being full and i thought "all i do is watch UA-cam", but there were THOUSANDS of videos of me playing and singing my heart out, absolutely unaware of it afterward. You would swear "I never did this thing" but there you are on video over thousands of hours, doing that very thing. It's otherworldly.
@@dollarstorememes I can see there being a correlation. I was already a sleepwalker as a kid--though I'd remember doing it later. But these 'memories' were entirely unfamiliar to me when i faced them on video again--i may as well have been somebody else.
This series is one of the best organized shows with some of the cleanest documentary interview cinematography I’ve seen anywhere. Whoever set up the lighting for the talking head and expert interviews deserves a raise and promotion. Thank you for sharing and I look forward to the next one.
This becomes even more striking when you delve into lucid dreaming... and realize just how much your subconscious can do inside the dream world... stuff that you never could have dreamed of, potential you thought was utterly impossible.
The next step is astral projection. The Monroe Institute perfected it and was even verified by the CIA. Instead of exploring your own consciousness, imagine your consciousness being freed of your body and allowed to explore the entire universe instantly and without limitation. It's fun to explore your own imagination while lucid dreaming, but it's utterly astonishing to explore all of existence in real time.
I had the privilege of getting a SURF research fellowship in Sperry's split-brain lab in the 80's, under the direction of Dr. Polly Henninger. That experience fascinated me, changed my career path, and made me acutely aware of just how little we understand, even 40 years later, about what drives our decisions. Surely this area of research is one of the most central to truly knowing ourselves.
I was just reading an article yesterday on Big Think by a professor in Pennsylvania about split brain and Sperry. The article says that neuroscience is aligning with Buddhism, Taoism and a branch of Hinduism in that self doesn't exist. At least that's what I remember but I could be wrong.
That's true. I can tell that from my own experiences where I've made up my mind to do one thing, and then when I have to make the decision and tell someone my choice, I totally reverse what I told myself I was going to do, and I choose the reverse. Then I ask myself why I did that. But such discussions about the brain always make me think of Samuel Becket "novels." Anyone interested should not start with The Unnamable, maybe Malone Dies. It is pretty difficult to read the Unnamable unless you are required to do so (even though it is the most relevant to whether there is a self).
This might be a long shot but I'll try... I'm interested in more of the details of the split brain experiments and how they isolated the visual field inputs. For as long as I've heard of these experiments I've always thought \ assumed they were very deliberate with separating the visual stimulus but in the video shown in this documentary the patient seems to be looking at one screen with both eyes or told to look at the person's nose in hopes of limiting the visual field of each eye?. This, in my understanding of how the visual field of each eye overlaps, obviously can't be correct so I'm hoping the video used here wasn't showing the whole test but then when the Dr. Was asking "how many fingers do you see" I started to become "worried". But I must be missing something here - there's no way you could assume each eye was only seeing one side of the screen or one hand without physical dividers or isolation... correct? I'm sure I'm overlooking something here but the video used didn't offer a proper explanation. Any insight would be great, Thanks.
Central to knowing what we're not. The body is a vessel, a vehicle. What we are is the entirety of everything, awareness, experiencing through a body. We are not the body or the person.
@@acentaaar each eye may be looking on both sides of the visual field, but the point is that, the left side of the visual field is processed by right side of the brain, irrespective of which eye is sending the visual input to the brain and vice versa.
I used to be an avid sleep walker up into my mid 20s. Before my teen years, it was a nightly occurrence along with sleeping paralysis on the flip side. Even though my parents were used to me doing it all the time, mom said it still kinda freaked her out when she would catch me walking around in the middle of night. They said many times they would just snap at me and tell me to go back to bed which I would sometimes do while other times I remained totally unresponsive to anything the said. She said some episodes made here think of the kid in the movie “The Shining”. In fact, that’s almost exactly the feeling I would get on the episodes I myself could remember. The times I did respond to them, they said I would say something is after me but I guess I never would explain what it was. When we would go camping in the travel trailer, I had a bad habit of wondering outside. They would block the door with items, flip the traction mats upside down in front of the door thinking the sharp bottom of the spikes would wake me up when I would walk on them but to no avail. They said they watched me one night in the act walking up to the camper door. They didn’t interrupt me but watched to see how I would react to the obstacles in almost total darkness. The next morning, they said I just walked over to the door, moved the bags away from it, stepped on the upside down mate with no reaction, and most amazing part was they said I effortlessly unlocked the camper door without a hitch which was usually a somewhat of a task for us just on normal occasions. Then they said I went back, grabbed my sleeping bag, threw it out the door and closing the door and went to lay back on the floor. But right when I laid down, I got back up, went out the door, got my sleeping bag I just previously had thrown out, came back in, put it on the floor and went to bed. I remember nothing of that episode but I do remember bits and pieces of other episodes. They did put little motion alarms at the doors at home to let them know at night if I was headed out but most nights, I didn’t go outside, I’d just wonder around the house, hide under the kitchen table, crawl into the hallway half closet full of blankets and stay in there, etc. The episodes I do remember was always like I was in fear of something but never knew what. Now at 40, a sleep walking episode is rare as well as the sleeping paralysis. As the paralysis goes, it used to be all fear, frozen in the dark, eyes fixed in whatever direction I was looking at when it started. The hallucinations would start with things like rats on the walls, a small fire fire slowly turning into an inferno in my room, human organs up in the ceiling bleeding down the walls, moving lights outside my window, etc. I eventually got over the fear of paralysis and could actually go into it at will, but once in, I could not willingly get back out of it until it ran its course. Found it was one of the best ways to go full lucid. Out of all this, the exploding brain syndrome was probably the absolute scariest thing that would make me sit straight up in bed. About the time I’d fall asleep, the most massive, intense audible explosion or electrical Zap sound would fill my head lasting just a split second. Just a ultra quick and powerful Pow or Zap. It’s like something in the brain just straight out short circuits. This still happens occasionally.
I used to sleep walk when I was a child & I'd find myself waking up as whatever I was "interacting" with faded from my vision. One night, I dreamt that I'd gone to the bathroom for a drink of water, until I found myself at the back window of our loft as the "faucet" faded away. Other times, I'd find myself in front of the fridge, with it open. BTW, the word you're looking is "wander". Wonder is a sense of awe. #boneappletea
Wow! What an experience! Thank you for sharing! ❤ There is so much of the brain we don’t understand. I think scientists will discover so much more very soon now, and that gives me hope for humanity. I have been convinced by listening to Dr. Robert Sapolski that we really have no free will. Once society understands that concept, our world will be better. In my late adolescence/ early 20’s , I had a series of dreams that then happened exactly as I had dreamt them! (Had to do with my front tooth and accidents, one was a serious car accident) I found it quite scary. Never had any more premonitory dreams since.
Seeing these up on UA-cam brings me back to my childhood. Loved watching these as a kid and still enjoy learning about the new discoveries we have found today.
This makes me think of people with dissociative identity disorder. I can see how it can be real and I know that it is. I was watching a documentary of a person that had a blind personality. She was asked to switch to that personality while inside of an fMRI. Sure enough when she did, the occipital lobe went quiet. No activity. She was asked if she could see. She replied "I cannot". Then she switched to another sighted alter, and the occipital lobe lit up. She gained different levels of sight over the months from reading letters, recognizing shapes, etc. It was due to a brain injury that the host personality lost her sight but a male personality started gaining sight. The brain is amazing!!!
@@me-ye6ld The difference is that psychogenic blindness (Conversion Disorder) is not under conscious control; you can't just consciously switch it on or off.
As an osdd 1b system...which has many similarities to DID but not quite the same . Our sense our taste, smell, visual perception, etc... does in fact change depending on who's controlling the body. With our condition we have highly differentiated and distinct parts but less amnesia as far as our memory is concerned. It's more of a grey out than black out. We don't really loose time in the same way. There is at least less time loss involved. Though our memories between switches can be incredibly vague and distant at times. Most of our amnesia is on the emotional side of things. We all seem to operate within a certain emotional framework. And the barriers are higher for some than others. We don't always have control over our physical symptoms and who's around when. But we've managed to develop a well organized system of communication and it's helped us understand more and control more about our life. Whereas we had less control we we weren't aware of one another. We dont really get to choose what the subconscious brain assigned to us and / or sense of self and identity as individuals. And what we remember from the "beforetimes" (before individual parts started to gain full awareness of themselves and our situation) we all think, believe and like and dislike different things and perceive things entirely differently from one another. We think that the brain stores, creates or compartmentalize us into different parts of the brain. And when different part are more active blood and electricity and whatnot are more active in those parts of the brain. This is just my theory.
Heather Berlin is a brilliant "host" of this series...she has a PhD in neuroscience and other advanced degrees and she asks questions and follow ups like she is basically unaware of this information - this is a sign of incredible talent and awareness - great job PBS...I watch this series over and over.
This was absolutely beautiful. I suffer from PTSD from childhood and the military and also suffered about four traumatic brain injuries in the Army. I am also a classically trained and self taught guitarist/bassist/drummer/pianist. This absolutely blows my mind. Thank you.
Around 2006, PBS aired an enthusiastic bongo drum class - where everyone began clapping, stomping and then laughing. Happiness and physiology were being triggered together - which the subconscious mind takes literally! With many such Laughter Yoga - like classes, people can develop a dedicated mental & emotional cathexis - which is what Mental Health is!
“Let go of self conscious monitoring”, is an internal private task no one can do for you, or show you objectively. A better description than “learn to let go”, or “go with the flow”, is needed.
I would scream and say "Let go of monitoring and mentoring when you have no idea of the Truth. You will not know in this present day civilization, western or eastern."
Honestly I already know I'm not in control cause my commitment is close to 0, I always procrastinate 💀 I wish I could fix it and find motivation somehow
I've recently learned why im 45 and wasting my life doing nothing at home. All throughout grade school high school and college I never struggled. Homework and tests were always easy to me. I never had to work hard to achieve anything and that made me feel like it was too difficult to do hard work as an adult. Some schools are removing "gifted" classes. Many more students are going to be right where I am in the future.
You’re beyond correct n unto you infinite respect. If I may, Verbatim my thoughts except 28. To add to that, likewise I took my own journey for granted. Unbeknownst to me until later on it was not skill that made money or the world go round… in my case music or business administration but it’s who you know. No doubt. I straightened my act n put up for my own schooling for the two fields above but am not currently seeing fruits of labor from said fields meeting the high standard I was held to, mainly by myself. I don’t think the dude with the bagpipe playin a song at your service yet my bro if anything he layin a tune for me sooner. I believe you can turn it around. One love
Add purpose and a goal big enough that is close to impossible to accomplish relative to your intelligence, and you will no longer feel the way you've felt your whole life.
Or like myself, if the school doesn't challenge you (mine didn't) you find something yourself and push yourself... and enjoy the challenge of hard work
bro. im 48 and share.the same. School was a breeze. I didn't have direction just focusing on tests, grades, and behavior. Now as an adult i just drift from one thing to another. no home to call my own. no family (wife or children) of my own. People are shocked when i reveal that im not married nor have kids. im shocked because i have nothing at all. I feel like I'm just living but not achieving. I'm not sure what to do and have become conscious of it as i grow older.
As someone who has had both brain damage and done lots of psychedelics, I can confirm that many different bits of our brain work together to create a sense of self. When different bits are involved, it's a different self.
@@josina5302 I ate several grams of pure hash when I was 2 years old. My Mom was a hippie, so no one called the police or Dr, she just observed me. She says that's the FIRST time I ever made my Barbies talk to each other😂
I LOVE NOVA and PBS - for years and years and years . . . since about 1972 or so. Thank you so much for this series. Now I don't have to get an advanced degree in neuroscience.
Because we are not the only ones that have the access and the control of our neurons and chemistry...!!! ESPECIALLY TODAY'S WORLD...!!! Thank you...!!!
The habits we have coded into our brains can be effective or ineffective. This is good news because we can change our habits by patience and persistance (both habits). 1st effective mental habit to work towards. "Love yourself a lot" (Wayne Dyer)
It's fascinating that their pre-frontal cortex (decision-making) turns off when musicians improvise. I remember talking to a fellow swing dancer once, and he asked me what it's like to "follow" (doing the traditionally female part in swing dance and following your partner's lead). I told him that it was like being hypnotized: you didn't think about it, you just did it. Because it had gotten into your "muscle memory" and didn't need to go through your consciousness anymore, so your reaction time got faster. This explains that sensation: my prefrontal cortex was shutting down!
My first experience with sleep walking blew my mind. I was hanging out with some friends an one of their kids walked up to us an started talking fluently in a non existing language. The way he said his words told me he asked a question but non of his words were real. BUT it sounded like it could be a language in another world.
As a neurodivergent person with executive dysfunction issues, I am perfectly aware that I do not always control all of my own actions. There are many times that I want to do something and yet I don't do it. Also, interpreting social cues is not a natural and automatic process for me. I have to think about it consciously, and I am often wrong or unable to determine motivation. Brains are fascinating, and everyone is different. It's often hard to know when you think differently from others unless you take the time to ask them how they are perceiving things.
It is hard. I really enjoyed the TV series "big bang theory" & am grateful it was a hook to explain that social cues can sometimes not be "Intuitive" but can sometimes be learned. I liked Sheldon's script that if people seem upset offer them a warm beverage.
I know a gal who can write with both hands amd same time both fwd and backwards but the kicker is she can also write a sentence 1 fwd and the other backwards at the same time. ( wrap your mind around this.) Was amazing to watch and even hold the paper steady for her as she did it.
No wonder that one trend of making one hand spin forward and the other spin backwards is so hard to do. Ive seen people who don't have the split brain surgery able to do it but only after tons of practice lol
Fascinating and amazing. After watching this documentary, I wonder how many of us will actually learn to let go. I will sure try. Thank you so very much, I learned a lot.
It really is. This breakthroughs we’re seeing in Science sends us back into the beginnings of Philosophy where questioning our living and make meaning futher solidify the foundation of being a human.
We can hope that some of the embodiment meditation techniques catch on with more people. Embodiment has helped me feel happier overall, because it is nice to trust your body as well as the conscious parts of the brain.
Thank you. I appreciate this valuable, mind blowing, information. What I loved the most about this documentary is the research on how generational trauma affects the offspring of the next generation. So many people are quite ignorant on how trauma affects the brain. Especially the prefrontal cortex that plays a vital and essential role in decision making skills.
@@deadmanswife3625 How about making money via science drivers + comprehensive economic development around the world? As Pope Paul V1 said in 1967: " Populorum Progressio - the Progress of Peoples! " This was also JFK's Alliance for Progress!
I agree. Somehow I relived my great-grandmother's trauma in my own life without ever knowing her. My grandpa pulled me aside in my mid-twenties to point out why I so reminded him of her. I have generational trauma and repeated it in my life and now science shows how it is possible.
hmmmmmm.. no. emotions do not give us better decision makeing skills. they get in the way of progress..i was an angry young man who would fight on almost a daily basis because of the emotions i couldnt control... and it didnt matter if it was one person or 40 persons i was fighting. i would fight them all.. my rage drove me.. No emotions do not. i know there are other emotions. like affection and fear and happy and melancholy. love is not an emotion. its definition is active provision.. affection and like are emotional. lust is emotional. anger and hate and rage is emotional. and all of these emotional occurances interfer with rational thought and plan making.
Unless you're suffering from NPD or Cluster B personality disorders. Then your reactions and ability to self-manage your own emotions sort of are the problem :-/
@@gregorysias6090 Nah I hear what you're saying. I'm not saying you need to let your emotions go unchecked. Like, you need good emotional intelligence, but that doesn't mean that emotions are useless and bad
@@DanielRice-j8q Yeah I get that. It's kind of like how autistic people struggle with social interactions. But that doesn't mean that social interactions are bad for autistic people, and that was my point. Like even if you have a physical disability: that doesn't mean that exercise is bad, it just means that exercise will be more of a challenge for you
It is NOT just guilt. There are strong positive feelings with choosing to cooperate. There are marked benefits to cooperation, it's a big part of how our species has developed! It's a pro-community feeling. A pride and sense of brotherhood, for lack of a better word (sense of humanity is not quite it either), is a major factor in choosing to do kind things for others and not be "greedy".
On the flip side, while some selfishness is necessary for survival, my pet theory is that *_greed,_* unfiltered hoarding of resources at the expense of others, is a mental illness.
These were my thoughts exactly. By sharing the profits you would see the happiness that person experienced and be happy yourself. Or at least I would, similar to the way I like to watch people enjoy my cooking. Endorphins maybe?
This was a great video and also very well executed. I am a senior recently stepping into AP psych, and I bring this up because clearly it’s complexities will be much more difficult than regular psychology. I believe in the importance of both spirituality and psychology and this really helped me broaden my understanding of not even just psychology but the underlying philosophies of what’s underneath human consciousness. It really is no “this or that” because it’s actually “THIS & THAT”.
Understanding the difference between religious brains and not alone will destroy what you think you know. You can believe in a God you can desire a belief in a God you can wonder about a God. All changes instantaneously. They will forever be different after they know you are watching them. There is no way to be ready for what you are going to find. There are torture chambers and there are people who believe in them. Vehemently. In the stories, the God sent the Devil not that it left the God's good graces. The light and the darkness. Maybe you'll make my case someday. Maybe you'll have bran institute people with no rent no bills no freedom no real knowledge. We'll see or rather you will.
I feel lucky to have the experience of watching this documentary. Thank you very much to all the teams and scientists involved in making this documentary. May you always be blessed with grace 🙏
After my first day of school when I was 6, I made the conscious decision to let my brain do the job of remembering what I was going to learn in school. I wasn't going to try to remember anything, I was going to trust my brain to do its job because, hey, I'm just a little kid, what do I know about remembering stuff? That decision has stood me in good stead all my life, if I read material I'll remember at least 90% of it, but not so well from audio for some reason. I think it's because my mind is thinking about what I'm hearing so I don't hear what's being said while I think. While reading I can just go back and read something again real quickly if I have to. I've also read entire pages and at the end of them realized I had no idea what I just read, and had to reread them again, my mind was off in never never land thinking about something or other, but not what I was reading.
This is amazing to hear that the experience or tragedy which did happen to the parents can change the reception of impulses of the offspring. That explains a lot of kind of “PTSD” transferred to the next generation. That is amazing . Thank you
I'm really into this brain series lately! Thanks for disseminating this important and inspiring and interesting information! Coming in perfect sync with my life rn too so I am even more grateful and relieved! Sometimes (a lot for me) other humans refute ideas I'm trying to insert in their minds for various (frustrating and silly) reasons... but when it comes from a reputable source such as here and when also mixed with beautiful videography, it is passed along much easier than when I alone attempt! I don't even care about being "right".... I just care about others believing me to be intelligent enough to obtain and hold thoughts and info in my memory! It can be very disheartening to be a female these days...still....in many remote places such as where I exist at this time and point in space!
I relate to that experience you shared, especially the part of the documentary going over generational trauma that can be passed along - something that in my circles gets scoffed at, so it's nice to be validated!
I worked 3 shift many years so seems like my brain is still wired seems like some time I wake up and legs are hanging out the bed I don't believe I am sleepy walking 😁still learning so I really think the brain is complexed..And as to slow down for some people like my self I was very active all my life so what i am going threw is good 👍 🙏 than God I have accomplished Al lot could have been a writeer.must stop now 🙏👍
Everything we perceive is false, the literal meaning we assign to everything we perceive dictates how we go through the day. This happens unconsciously. As we seem to move through the day, we believe what we see to be true and base the rest of our experience on it. Its very important to begin the process of regaining control of the mind. Realization that our perceptions aren't real, forgiveness of these illusions, and paying attention to our thoughts are keys. Facing an uncomfortable self truth that normally gets avoided, or we lie to ourselves to cope, is powerful. Its very unpleasant which is why we do this. Lots of times we do this automatically or with minimal awareness because its a habit our minds learn to take care of for us to leave more room for the conscious minds operations. Most people structure their minds over time with falsehoods built on more falsehoods. When we conceptualize, our minds use different memories and knowledge from all over to build the concept we do. We can't possibly observe all the minds activity at once, so our brain uses past experiences to fill in that blanks where possible. When the structure is made up of falsehood and the egos distorted perceptions which are distorted from emotions tied to them, everything is false. We react to things around us in the world based on how we see them. Not based on how they are. We then look at others behavior in certain situations and assume things about it, we judge even if some deny it. These tendencies have roots, A source. If u follow the trail back to the source, what u find there can lead u out of the matrix. Its not easy though. The ego will do everything it can to keep u down. It'll lie to u, trick u, pester u, etc. U likely will lose. It'll convince u that it's safer to stay where u are, that somehow u will lose what u value or something. Its extremely uncommon to find people familiar wit this process. I've never met another person like myself whos passionate about making sense of this absolutely bizarre existence. Not in the usual sense. But literally. Ask urself, if u randomly woke up in some weird place with tons of other beings like u but everyone goes about their lives everyday acting unaffected by the reality that we exist and have no idea how or why, what would u do? We start as babies so its a gradual transition from ".....????" to existing, but still. When the reality of this situation truly hit me, it changed my life drastically. Something is going on here, and its not just random science luck. We EXIST! How fucking weird is THAT!
I totally accept what u are saying.the reality which we perceive is derived mostly from false beliefs or from bad experiences.its tough to get rid of all that garbage.but when u start questioning those beliefs or bad experiences by searching the real intentions behind the movies or tv sitcoms or news channel broadcast which we watch...then the truth will start to show up.
It's amazing what we learn just from the way anesthesia wears off...the more interactions there are taking place across different sections of the brain as a whole, the more conscious we are. At what point do we finish waking back up, or can we ever be more than fully conscious? I wonder what more consciousness would do, if more brain interactions could make us more physically active and healthier, or if it would negatively affect us and lead to tinnitus, stuff like that, which it seems like
It's amazing to know that we are not only made of our genes & brains, but we are actually made also of the connections & communication with other people's brains as well. Our brains are communitarian-driven.
I am a visual artist. I am well aware that when I'm in the flow of making art I have little or no feeling of agency. I actually believe that my hands are making the artwork without my conscious control.
The feeling of agency is an illusion produced by the activity of brain cells we have no agency over. Flow just means we're not caught in inner conflict like we usually are when two or more regions of our brain (or two or more competing motivations) are in conflict. For example, when one part of you wants to eat something but another says you've had enough to eat or that now is a bad time. Or you want to talk to that handsome Brushstroke guy but you're afraid of rejection, appearing creepy, etc. 😉
Ever since I was a child I have dreamed of the same city. My dreams of the city are not recurring, but the city is always the same. I know the topology of my dream city, from the landscape to the neighborhoods within it. Sometimes, I dream of one particular space within my city, and sometimes, I dream of watching my city from a particular vantage point. The dreams can come to me randomly, sometimes even sequentially, and sometimes, the dreams can be days or months apart, but they always come. Some of the dreams are frightening or nightmarish, and some are comforting or pleasurable. But even in the nightmares, I feel like I know the city so well that nothing there can really hurt me, and if there is an emergency, I know I can help make things better. And when the dreams are pleasant, I feel like I have a place of peace, like a sanctuary deep within me. When I dream of my city, I know I have come home again. I love my dream city, I know I have returned home, for a while. I love my dreams city. Does anyone else have a dream city that they know so well, like they belong there? I can't be the only one who knows this feeling.
Around 2008, Nova Science Now introduced how blue boron diamond tracs could replace the current silicon tracs used in computers today. These machines would be packaged much smaller and would be almost impervious to the stresses of heat, cold, moisture, etc.!
@@joeydddeleon7770 Mozart was prenatally trained, since his mother was a classical violinist. While most students do not have this advantage - every one of them can become a happy genius. It's a matter of aesthetic talent training and staying with the right educational curriculum + teachers!
Oh my gosh, thank you NOVA. Once again one of the best documentaries I have seen in a very very long time. You are the best. Keep up the good work. Humanity needs People like you and the information you give to the world.
Ever since 2012 "the end world scenario" I've asked myself how reality is created in the human brain. I've looked for years in various university lectures and nothing. Over the past few years people are almost asking this profound question. I believe this will help answer why and how we create so many decisive realities like religions, cults, false conspiracy theories, crazy political views etc. Where everyone in these groups believes with a hundred %110 certainty that what they know about their respective version of reality is real to them but not the rest of the world. This series reveals to me the mechanics of this question. We are one species waiting to discover the ability to work as one.
Because there was no end of the world in 2012, in 2000 or any other scenario proving that reality is not created by the brain at all. Reality is not what we believe it is. In reality as it is not as I want it to be, Natures Order is Pressure Mediated.
I think many people are intensely in need of an explanation when they feel cheated and the end of the world is coming. That is when the worst of conspiracy theories and cults arise. A crisis makes people search for meaning and a grasping search for a goal or enemy to fix the crisis takes hold of the person.
32:15 This part of the video is very enlightening. I find it interesting how they are explaining how genetics is molded by trauma. This speaks VOLUMES.
Extremely interesting documentary. I had a stroke at 38 years old. I have a VP shunt in my head wanted to learn more about the brain. Great information.
Thanks so much for producing and posting. Fabulous overview of epigenetics, creativity, and the ecosystem of the brain. Surprised but not surprised at the level of interplay between these intraorganisms that shape our selves.
@@stevekaylor5606 You rock! I love the agapeic love. I learned so much researching. I just love supporting programs that inform and stimulate thought and want to show my support for such engines of human connection and understanding.
@@hhwippedcream Mozart and his sister got good starts with the aesthetic, since their mother was a classical violinist. While most of us don't have this kind of a start - everyone is capable of taking up agapeic love and becoming creative! This kind of subconscious talent training must become Standard of Care for mental health - and this is not currently the case. Instead, down-and-out people are being given disease-like labels, then neurotoxic drugs/ECT and made into long-term cash cows. This kind of Triage modeled custodial debasement also degrades the collective consciousness of the entire culture - and must be changed!
*The Chair Trick:* the chair she chose, was facing her, which meant it was more open and available. The other chair was turned away from her giving a more closed off feeling. Also, the chair she didn’t choose had more papers and markers closer to it, implying that this man was already sitting there and that was his stuff. The chair she chose was open, inviting, and was somewhat empty right in front of it, so it didn’t look like anyone had been sitting there, and it would be a perfectly safe option, which is what our brains are always looking for, safety.
These studies could add more understanding and increase validity, if the MRI included the gut. We have learned so much about the gut-brain connection, so we are influenced by our genetics, our epigenetics, our trauma, our ancestors trauma, our culture, the air we breathe, the food we eat, the water we drink, and everyone who grew and prepared the food, the people we eat with, the people we are surrounded by. We are independent, and we are also interdependent.... And our health is influenced... potentially determined... by how willing we are to be aware and mindful **and supportive** of everything around us. Excellent program, thank you!
How are we independent? Who is the self that chooses actions? Isn't it all just a big tug-of-war between different motivations or centers of influence? The microbiome of the gut can drive us to eat sugary foods, consume alcohol, etc., and different areas of the brain and neurons around the heart can drive us toward the same and other, opposing behaviors. We think we're independent, but "we" (the feeling of being the executive in control of the whole operation) are merely a projection created by the many departments of the corporation.
Ought to just come right out and say “the following documentary is a materialist perspective, which means we assume that our perspective is the only one that matters.”
The documentary provides examples of recent research and the accumulated knowledge of the brain's abilities. There is ample evidence and experiments in this documentary. They don't show hypotheses that lack experiments. 👍
The choosing a chair prediction was an easy one to guess right, it isn't science nor crystal-ball magic, it's simple psychology: The woman would naturally be apprehensive about what was going to happen therefore she would choose the seat that allows a clear view of the exit without even thinking about it, should she need to escape , it's a survival mechanism.
Great documentary! I am absolutely certain that I have very little control over most of what my brain does. When discussing mental health issues, I talk about my brain as a seperate entity made of a cast of characters that I have to negotiate with. The times when I feel most *me* is when I'm painting or working on CAD designs and hit flow state.
This is fascinating. I understand how the accident that destroyed that thermostat part of the brain for that railroad man but I wonder why it is that in the US today we seem to have millions of people who find it easier to be angry or nasty than to be reasonable.
Exposure to social media, combined with increasing individualization in our society causes anger and narcassism respectfully. Combine that with low education levels and the dissolution of community and shared morals and norms..... well, here we are.
@@J.o.e_K also constantly breathing in artificial chemical perfumes from cleaning products and those little "air fresheners" dangling from the rear view mirrors in cars probably causes cognitive deterioration
Of all documentaries I've watched this one is just so mind blowing and educational. And It's amazing to think that our brain have difference bits that do different things; the brain is so complicated yet organized.
The discussion on sleep walking -- your brain is active, but the decision making part is turned off -- really sounds, at least on the surface, like hypnosis. Can you (Nova) do an episode on hypnosis, and how it compares to other phenomenon you've covered in the past?
I've had brain damage from prolonged absent seizures. It was very intriguing when they discussed waking up comatose patients and how that activity might correlate to seizures. Also the difficulties organizing tasks after the seizures. The experiment with rats, the almond smell with shocks, and the increased smell receptors was intriguing. Could this be used to restore lost sense of smell? An excellent production which I will be watching repeatedly.
Might not hurt to try. But we are woefully ignorant about smell as a process. Of course, not having a complete understanding of something has not stopped us from finding solutions...or at least workarounds. Hope springs eternal.
@@TheGreyGhost_of43rd Someone who believes in human potential and is holistic could be a help here. This does not pertain to most psychiatrists, since they are too ready to 'help' by handing out disease-like labels, then neurotoxic drugs/ECT - to secure long term financialization. This is yet their Standard of Care ethics!
With all the amazing advances resulting in studies like this I can't believe there hasn't been more research in the detection and quantification of pain!
When i went under Anesthesia, I actually felt like I time travelled to the future. This is true and factual. They put me under and told me to count down from 100. I got to 92 and I was out. I had no dreams and suddenly i was awake well after the surgery with tubes all down my throat. That was a day and a half later. All i wanted was more Morphine to sleep. The sleep after the surgery was the best with the Morphine. Then they weened you off of it. It was so weird a feeling waking up hours after the surgery knowing that it was completed
These are questions that wise men have grappled with for thousands of years! There are likely no good answers! Thus these are called "Transcendental" questions! Good luck trying to resolve them! We will see you in 1,000 years and check on your progress!
I had a series of nightmares once during a period of my life of deep soul searching and finding meaning. They were the most surreal bizarre things. I would lay down and be almost transported into a dark demented horrible place full of such horrible mysterious things. There would be times where I awoke and they would transition into the present day and continue throughout the day. I would go to work and live and look like a normal person while experiencing such bizarre psychological phenomena. It was almost as if my mind was entering into a whole other dimension. It was around this period of my life I came to the conclusion that something more profound must be working within the human mind rather than just simply chemicals.
How about that so called " magic trick" they never bothered explaining -- how could she have randomly flipped to the right page that contained the word ( representation) tha was already written down elsewhere & that she would randomly pick out from the random page she flipped to---i say boo - they should have explained it & not simply call it a magic trick -- I reluctantly call half bullshit
I've been listening to "how to manifest" videos for some months now, trying to find a way to make it work. This documentary casts some interesting light on people's desire to manifest whatever they think they want, and why those efforts so resoundingly fail.
The consciously thinking "you" is only a part of the 'whole you.' As such, the former can't ever be wholly in control. Control is quite nuanced. Consider brain injury induced pedophilia. Did the "you" that existed before the brain injury die? And is the new you in control?
The brain is also a transceiver. There is local processing and communication of information within the material of the nervous system. And there is also communication between that material system and a non-material reality that, while we are awake, we’re mostly veiled from. I have had a fair number of precognitive dreams and downloads about what is occurring at great distances from me. Also, the term “conscious” is used in this video. There is a greater level of consciousness that relates to what is on the other side of the veil that one can achieve. That material is a subset of the whole. This video is focused on the material, which is important, but not all that we’re experiencing and not the permanent aspect of us.
Bro!!!! What if ... 😅😂🤣 Okay okay here me out, what if... Einstein lmao imma dip there, was able to tangibly take his conciseness and creating a with said electric impulse waves of the brain during this alchemic process creating ... Never mind I'll get back to this lol I lost my train of thought hahaha I let that one go too deep ahead. It's that feeling, like when you get a word on the Rio of your tounge and can't get it out and think of it but you can invision in it you head but can't mirror picture it which covers you from being able to walk the word off ur tounge
We shouldn't be messing with pushing the veil with that level of consciousness; there's a veil for a reason, to create a line of sight" to allow the other processors of the brain and transcei... Lol rabbit trail again. I've had a hard time sleeping this is night 3,. But I'm thinking wooowhooo it's finally time for my brain to have to stop!
Great comment, Mike! I also have long had these experiences; "had a fair number of precognitive dreams and downloads about what is occurring at great distances from me.". So, I agree! Thanks for pointing this out. 🙂
When I was a kid, my mom said I used to sleepwalk. I poured milk and walked down one floor to reach the kitchen . She said she was afraid of waking me up. I don't do it anymore as an adult
our brains are far too good at passing everything they can off to autopilot which has become very problematic in the age of distractions. You should do the same test with waking people because I swear there's people out there who Sleepwalk all day everyday and I bet if you checked you'll find it parts of their brain or very much asleep the time they get out of bed till the time they get back in it
I think I might have found the key to unlock a door within my mind, if within my dream I can visualize myself either falling asleep or waking up or of me in my bed.. I remember every vivid detail.
Easier said than done that subconscious programming even if some says repeat what you want to be before bed and upon wakening. I wish it would be that easy.
Because it took us YEARS to train our brains to do simple things such a "Walking without Thinking about it". The problem I have is that if I'm walking, and then suddenly focus intently on how I'm walking, I'll stumble or misstep. I think that has to do with "Too much" control, like some thing we're just not meant to Micro-Manage all the time, I think that is indeed why our brains are as good as they are, so we don't always have to be.. Could you imagine the exhaustion if you had to focus on every . single. Breath you took? Or how fast/hard your Heart beats?
I've had an internal "sense" of two different people inside me. Maybe it's just a result of trauma or maybe some kind of actual sense of the different hemispheres. Maybe a combination of both.
This was so interesting. The part where they were doing tests on the patients with the left and right side of the brain disconnected was amazing. It's like they don't know and know the answer at the same time. The brain is fascinating.
I am now looking at epigenetics in a whole new way. It is one thing to think about a person's physical health when they have offspring it is eye opening to think about there mental health when they do.
I've had surgery twice for two different hernias. Both times I remember them asking me to count down from 100 and both times I only remember making it to 99 lol
God do I ever wish. I carry the red haired genome. I woke during two surgeries before physicians believed me in advance. I still regain consciousness much faster than most coming out.
For me, it took me a little longer to pass out from the propofol. During my colonoscopy, they asked me to count to ten. I distinctly remember counting all the way to ten & then saying, "& I'm out" before going unconscious. I would've have asked the doctors if they recalled me doing that in order to check on my memory, but I never saw them afterwards, only the nurses.
Our minds are captive to our biology and environment, but this documentary tells us we can disconnect from them to discover an unchained version of ourselves.
actually the more you listen to these people and science the more you effect one single entity6 and person before you and any of you for its not all about you and I dont have to speak. I just am. you dont let me speak so if I speak its usually death
I have dreams that feel like real life, crystal clear, all the feelings, and a storymode, then i wake up and be like ...WOW!!! IT WAS A DREAM!!! Its like i had a different life in the dream!
Wait until you wake up and feel like you're in a dream and go to sleep to reality
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I do to a certain degree, not as clear as yours seem to be, but often times I will dream that I am telling somebody something or doing something that needs to be done in my waking life and find out later that I had dreamt that I had done it. I didn’t actually do it in waking mode. Lol.
I concur
When I have dreams that are really clear, they usually turn out to be prophetic. Not the apocalyptic type prophetic but about something that is going on in my life, and the outcome. Sometimes someone will say something in my dream and when I talk to that person the next day, week, etc., they will say the exact same thing as in my dream, in the exact same way, it's eerie.
This felt like old times, a high quality documentary with research. Would be lovely to have more of such edutainment!
You got that right, without being ignorant sounding what does edutainment mean.. thxs
@@trickydickie1988 I'm going to assume they were combining Educating & Entertainment.
It is old timey. That was a profound connection you made there.
@sandeepsharma82100 - Oh, come on! "NOVA" has been on television for decades. Give it its due respect. PBS also has lots of other great content, like "Nature". There are some excellent nature documentaries on AppleTV+ - especially the eye-opening two seasons of "Prehistoric Planet".
For all those out there that think that free will is a thing or that they have free will, like they can control their thoughts? it's much much more illusory than that. Yes, the USA we have freedom, but we do not have free will (not in the way most think we do).
Namaste to everyone reading this-we may never meet, but I wish you all the best and luck in life.
Blessings, peace, love,& light to you, in all things & at all times.
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And to you as well
@@thomascopley9591 Thank you!
I'm autistic and suffered a TBI in college, so I watch every brain documentary I can find. This one is fascinating, and explains why my bowling and guitaring both get better when I'm running on autopilot.
Ken Block (RIP), when asked how he thinks driving and how he mentally handles rally racing, where you are drifting and driving 100mph through the woods and his response was: "Think? I don't think, I just drive. When I think , is when things go wrong"
@@B01 A little like a gymnast hitting on his routines!
When I become self-conscious, I’m a lot less coordinated. All high level physical activity doesn’t rely on conscious instruction, but to get to that point you have to practice consciously
I find the same is true, but when it comes to wording I have to be more methodical.
Athletic performance is different from writing or thinking. Practicing ahead of time is important! @@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394
Incredible documentary! We need more of these so our society realizes how little we know about ourselves, our physiology, and our mental health.
Well said! Well if that was really you who thought it!
And how others can manipulate us without our being aware of that.
Most people are conditioned avoid thought provoking content and seek out braindead content.
Yes! Developing a dedicated mental + emotional cathexis is Mental Health!
Exactly. All we know is we don't really know 😂
This is why UA-cam is so good! Such an amazing documentary. Thanks!
So good sometimes, yes.
This is why PBS Is good
@@jeffborelo8334especially if they leave comments alone sower can learn from each other.
@@alanmcnaughton3628 Please allow me to sow a bit more sir.
UA-cam is sometimes « so good » and this documentary is a good example but sometimes not, there is also plenty of bs.
A simple fact I wanted to sow sir…
After my TBI, my seizure disorder changed and my short-term memory writing disengaged--I started playing the piano for hours (apparently recording a lot of the time, but not remembering any of what transpired). One day i opened up my computer to a message about the disk being full and i thought "all i do is watch UA-cam", but there were THOUSANDS of videos of me playing and singing my heart out, absolutely unaware of it afterward. You would swear "I never did this thing" but there you are on video over thousands of hours, doing that very thing. It's otherworldly.
makes me wonder if sleepwalking could be related to multiple personalities. I'm convinced now that susceptibility to sleepwalking can "cause" alters
@@dollarstorememes I can see there being a correlation. I was already a sleepwalker as a kid--though I'd remember doing it later. But these 'memories' were entirely unfamiliar to me when i faced them on video again--i may as well have been somebody else.
Thank you for sharing, fascinating. It must be an incredible experience!
This series is one of the best organized shows with some of the cleanest documentary interview cinematography I’ve seen anywhere. Whoever set up the lighting for the talking head and expert interviews deserves a raise and promotion. Thank you for sharing and I look forward to the next one.
Ad hominum 👎
This is what production looked like before every idiot on the web downloaded tiktok (see "garage band" for the music industry equivalent)
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@@MadScientist267yes I did it 😊
This becomes even more striking when you delve into lucid dreaming... and realize just how much your subconscious can do inside the dream world... stuff that you never could have dreamed of, potential you thought was utterly impossible.
The next step is astral projection. The Monroe Institute perfected it and was even verified by the CIA. Instead of exploring your own consciousness, imagine your consciousness being freed of your body and allowed to explore the entire universe instantly and without limitation. It's fun to explore your own imagination while lucid dreaming, but it's utterly astonishing to explore all of existence in real time.
Well of course that's dreaming
@@0331machinegunman I experienced this while 'shroomin' in a foreign land early in my life, have never forgotten it!
Because it’s NOT YOU in control of your mind. Never has been. There is a reason religious books were written on the inspiration from voices…
@@SeerSeekingTruthwhat reason is that?
I had the privilege of getting a SURF research fellowship in Sperry's split-brain lab in the 80's, under the direction of Dr. Polly Henninger. That experience fascinated me, changed my career path, and made me acutely aware of just how little we understand, even 40 years later, about what drives our decisions. Surely this area of research is one of the most central to truly knowing ourselves.
I was just reading an article yesterday on Big Think by a professor in Pennsylvania about split brain and Sperry. The article says that neuroscience is aligning with Buddhism, Taoism and a branch of Hinduism in that self doesn't exist. At least that's what I remember but I could be wrong.
That's true. I can tell that from my own experiences where I've made up my mind to do one thing, and then when I have to make the decision and tell someone my choice, I totally reverse what I told myself I was going to do, and I choose the reverse. Then I ask myself why I did that. But such discussions about the brain always make me think of Samuel Becket "novels." Anyone interested should not start with The Unnamable, maybe Malone Dies. It is pretty difficult to read the Unnamable unless you are required to do so (even though it is the most relevant to whether there is a self).
This might be a long shot but I'll try... I'm interested in more of the details of the split brain experiments and how they isolated the visual field inputs. For as long as I've heard of these experiments I've always thought \ assumed they were very deliberate with separating the visual stimulus but in the video shown in this documentary the patient seems to be looking at one screen with both eyes or told to look at the person's nose in hopes of limiting the visual field of each eye?. This, in my understanding of how the visual field of each eye overlaps, obviously can't be correct so I'm hoping the video used here wasn't showing the whole test but then when the Dr. Was asking "how many fingers do you see" I started to become "worried".
But I must be missing something here - there's no way you could assume each eye was only seeing one side of the screen or one hand without physical dividers or isolation... correct? I'm sure I'm overlooking something here but the video used didn't offer a proper explanation. Any insight would be great, Thanks.
Central to knowing what we're not. The body is a vessel, a vehicle. What we are is the entirety of everything, awareness, experiencing through a body. We are not the body or the person.
@@acentaaar each eye may be looking on both sides of the visual field, but the point is that, the left side of the visual field is processed by right side of the brain, irrespective of which eye is sending the visual input to the brain and vice versa.
I used to be an avid sleep walker up into my mid 20s. Before my teen years, it was a nightly occurrence along with sleeping paralysis on the flip side. Even though my parents were used to me doing it all the time, mom said it still kinda freaked her out when she would catch me walking around in the middle of night. They said many times they would just snap at me and tell me to go back to bed which I would sometimes do while other times I remained totally unresponsive to anything the said. She said some episodes made here think of the kid in the movie “The Shining”. In fact, that’s almost exactly the feeling I would get on the episodes I myself could remember. The times I did respond to them, they said I would say something is after me but I guess I never would explain what it was.
When we would go camping in the travel trailer, I had a bad habit of wondering outside. They would block the door with items, flip the traction mats upside down in front of the door thinking the sharp bottom of the spikes would wake me up when I would walk on them but to no avail. They said they watched me one night in the act walking up to the camper door. They didn’t interrupt me but watched to see how I would react to the obstacles in almost total darkness. The next morning, they said I just walked over to the door, moved the bags away from it, stepped on the upside down mate with no reaction, and most amazing part was they said I effortlessly unlocked the camper door without a hitch which was usually a somewhat of a task for us just on normal occasions. Then they said I went back, grabbed my sleeping bag, threw it out the door and closing the door and went to lay back on the floor. But right when I laid down, I got back up, went out the door, got my sleeping bag I just previously had thrown out, came back in, put it on the floor and went to bed.
I remember nothing of that episode but I do remember bits and pieces of other episodes.
They did put little motion alarms at the doors at home to let them know at night if I was headed out but most nights, I didn’t go outside, I’d just wonder around the house, hide under the kitchen table, crawl into the hallway half closet full of blankets and stay in there, etc. The episodes I do remember was always like I was in fear of something but never knew what.
Now at 40, a sleep walking episode is rare as well as the sleeping paralysis. As the paralysis goes, it used to be all fear, frozen in the dark, eyes fixed in whatever direction I was looking at when it started. The hallucinations would start with things like rats on the walls, a small fire fire slowly turning into an inferno in my room, human organs up in the ceiling bleeding down the walls, moving lights outside my window, etc. I eventually got over the fear of paralysis and could actually go into it at will, but once in, I could not willingly get back out of it until it ran its course. Found it was one of the best ways to go full lucid.
Out of all this, the exploding brain syndrome was probably the absolute scariest thing that would make me sit straight up in bed. About the time I’d fall asleep, the most massive, intense audible explosion or electrical Zap sound would fill my head lasting just a split second. Just a ultra quick and powerful Pow or Zap. It’s like something in the brain just straight out short circuits. This still happens occasionally.
Interesting thanks for sharing
I used to sleep walk when I was a child & I'd find myself waking up as whatever I was "interacting" with faded from my vision. One night, I dreamt that I'd gone to the bathroom for a drink of water, until I found myself at the back window of our loft as the "faucet" faded away. Other times, I'd find myself in front of the fridge, with it open. BTW, the word you're looking is "wander". Wonder is a sense of awe. #boneappletea
Wow! What an experience! Thank you for sharing! ❤ There is so much of the brain we don’t understand. I think scientists will discover so much more very soon now, and that gives me hope for humanity. I have been convinced by listening to Dr. Robert Sapolski that we really have no free will. Once society understands that concept, our world will be better. In my late adolescence/ early 20’s , I had a series of dreams that then happened exactly as I had dreamt them! (Had to do with my front tooth and accidents, one was a serious car accident) I found it quite scary. Never had any more premonitory dreams since.
I sort of miss the days when NOVA, Bill Nye and general PBS programs were more widely availaible or on tv often.
It's free online whenever you want wherever you want... It literally couldn't possibly be more widely available
@@kevinbissinger Only for people with internet access, whereas before, anyone with an antenna and a TV could watch.
@@Savageboy-ri5rb now 8 billion people across the world can watch, where as before only people in US with antenna and tv could watch it.
Seeing these up on UA-cam brings me back to my childhood. Loved watching these as a kid and still enjoy learning about the new discoveries we have found today.
Same I remember watching this as a kid back in 2011 I only watched it cause of the planets
This makes me think of people with dissociative identity disorder. I can see how it can be real and I know that it is. I was watching a documentary of a person that had a blind personality. She was asked to switch to that personality while inside of an fMRI. Sure enough when she did, the occipital lobe went quiet. No activity. She was asked if she could see. She replied "I cannot". Then she switched to another sighted alter, and the occipital lobe lit up. She gained different levels of sight over the months from reading letters, recognizing shapes, etc. It was due to a brain injury that the host personality lost her sight but a male personality started gaining sight. The brain is amazing!!!
Can you point me to a reference where I can learn about this?
@@me-ye6ld The difference is that psychogenic blindness (Conversion Disorder) is not under conscious control; you can't just consciously switch it on or off.
i'd love to know what documentary that was.
As an osdd 1b system...which has many similarities to DID but not quite the same . Our sense our taste, smell, visual perception, etc... does in fact change depending on who's controlling the body. With our condition we have highly differentiated and distinct parts but less amnesia as far as our memory is concerned. It's more of a grey out than black out. We don't really loose time in the same way. There is at least less time loss involved. Though our memories between switches can be incredibly vague and distant at times. Most of our amnesia is on the emotional side of things. We all seem to operate within a certain emotional framework. And the barriers are higher for some than others. We don't always have control over our physical symptoms and who's around when. But we've managed to develop a well organized system of communication and it's helped us understand more and control more about our life. Whereas we had less control we we weren't aware of one another. We dont really get to choose what the subconscious brain assigned to us and / or sense of self and identity as individuals. And what we remember from the "beforetimes" (before individual parts started to gain full awareness of themselves and our situation) we all think, believe and like and dislike different things and perceive things entirely differently from one another. We think that the brain stores, creates or compartmentalize us into different parts of the brain. And when different part are more active blood and electricity and whatnot are more active in those parts of the brain. This is just my theory.
@@catherinebailey2131 Bet the brain is capable of doing that all in itself
Heather Berlin is a brilliant "host" of this series...she has a PhD in neuroscience and other advanced degrees and she asks questions and follow ups like she is basically unaware of this information - this is a sign of incredible talent and awareness - great job PBS...I watch this series over and over.
This was absolutely beautiful. I suffer from PTSD from childhood and the military and also suffered about four traumatic brain injuries in the Army. I am also a classically trained and self taught guitarist/bassist/drummer/pianist. This absolutely blows my mind. Thank you.
Pretty depressing actually. Multiple minds? No real you? Something else pulling the strings. Psychologically destabilizing theories.
Around 2006, PBS aired an enthusiastic bongo drum class - where everyone began clapping, stomping and then laughing. Happiness and physiology were being triggered together - which the subconscious mind takes literally! With many such Laughter Yoga - like classes, people can develop a dedicated mental & emotional cathexis - which is what Mental Health is!
@@pyrsartur3675 Something from the book 1984 or more so - the book Brave New World?
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@@pyrsartur3675 it's only depressing if you're still holding onto your ego.
“Let go of self conscious monitoring”, is an internal private task no one can do for you, or show you objectively. A better description than “learn to let go”, or “go with the flow”, is needed.
letting go will happen to you like acceptance, language makes these things sound actionable and when its no one's onus.
I would scream and say "Let go of monitoring and mentoring when you have no idea of the Truth. You will not know in this present day civilization, western or eastern."
I’m happy that my brain made me to watch this amazing video!
Your brain made itself watch this amazing video😂
Honestly I already know I'm not in control cause my commitment is close to 0, I always procrastinate 💀 I wish I could fix it and find motivation somehow
@@TamWam_ what are you settling for in turn, Pleasure? comfort? indolence-Avoidance of activity?
I'm happy that my brain made me watch this, too. Then again, is my brain also making me feel happy? 🤪
I've recently learned why im 45 and wasting my life doing nothing at home. All throughout grade school high school and college I never struggled. Homework and tests were always easy to me. I never had to work hard to achieve anything and that made me feel like it was too difficult to do hard work as an adult. Some schools are removing "gifted" classes. Many more students are going to be right where I am in the future.
You’re beyond correct n unto you infinite respect. If I may, Verbatim my thoughts except 28. To add to that, likewise I took my own journey for granted. Unbeknownst to me until later on it was not skill that made money or the world go round… in my case music or business administration but it’s who you know. No doubt.
I straightened my act n put up for my own schooling for the two fields above but am not currently seeing fruits of labor from said fields meeting the high standard I was held to, mainly by myself.
I don’t think the dude with the bagpipe playin a song at your service yet my bro if anything he layin a tune for me sooner. I believe you can turn it around. One love
Add purpose and a goal big enough that is close to impossible to accomplish relative to your intelligence, and you will no longer feel the way you've felt your whole life.
Or like myself, if the school doesn't challenge you (mine didn't) you find something yourself and push yourself... and enjoy the challenge of hard work
I'm 47 and have the same story.
bro. im 48 and share.the same. School was a breeze. I didn't have direction just focusing on tests, grades, and behavior.
Now as an adult i just drift from one thing to another. no home to call my own. no family (wife or children) of my own. People are shocked when i reveal that im not married nor have kids. im shocked because i have nothing at all. I feel like I'm just living but not achieving.
I'm not sure what to do and have become conscious of it as i grow older.
As someone who has had both brain damage and done lots of psychedelics, I can confirm that many different bits of our brain work together to create a sense of self. When different bits are involved, it's a different self.
Intere😮sting. Ty
"It's a different Shelf!" = What Mom said, after she closed her eyes and pulled my Finger, in the Refrigerator.
@@josina5302 I ate several grams of pure hash when I was 2 years old. My Mom was a hippie, so no one called the police or Dr, she just observed me. She says that's the FIRST time I ever made my Barbies talk to each other😂
Yes and the separate sense of self is really the flesh. Spirit vs flesh the ego is the flesh
Sister bianca. You are truly an inspiration for me and my granddaughters. Thank you. Peace smiles 😊
I LOVE NOVA and PBS - for years and years and years . . . since about 1972 or so. Thank you so much for this series. Now I don't have to get an advanced degree in neuroscience.
Lol
Me too.... years!
Sliding on the true science side, but still great.
NOVA always made some of the best documentaries.
I agree
Ya, way better than TED talks
Way better than TED talks
You all have made a difference with your kind words. Thank you!
Our brains are our best friends and worst enemies.
True though
@@Mecagothits No, you can live without your best friend and your worst enemy.
Because we are not the only ones that have the access and the control of our neurons and chemistry...!!!
ESPECIALLY TODAY'S WORLD...!!!
Thank you...!!!
The habits we have coded into our brains can be effective or ineffective. This is good news because we can change our habits by patience and persistance (both habits). 1st effective mental habit to work towards. "Love yourself a lot" (Wayne Dyer)
My 3rd brain is my enemy
It's fascinating that their pre-frontal cortex (decision-making) turns off when musicians improvise. I remember talking to a fellow swing dancer once, and he asked me what it's like to "follow" (doing the traditionally female part in swing dance and following your partner's lead). I told him that it was like being hypnotized: you didn't think about it, you just did it. Because it had gotten into your "muscle memory" and didn't need to go through your consciousness anymore, so your reaction time got faster. This explains that sensation: my prefrontal cortex was shutting down!
The way you structured the narrative was seamless and easy to follow. A wonderful documentary. Truly fascinating.
My first experience with sleep walking blew my mind. I was hanging out with some friends an one of their kids walked up to us an started talking fluently in a non existing language. The way he said his words told me he asked a question but non of his words were real. BUT it sounded like it could be a language in another world.
Maybe he asked in that extraterrestrial language…”can you take me to your leader?”
Was it late at night? We’re they all put to sleep and one came out to living room sleep walking?
@@maxasaurus3008 not to late at night and yes him and his sister were asleep an he just walked up to us an started talking.
Its klingon...
Maybe you were on an acid trip.
As a neurodivergent person with executive dysfunction issues, I am perfectly aware that I do not always control all of my own actions. There are many times that I want to do something and yet I don't do it.
Also, interpreting social cues is not a natural and automatic process for me. I have to think about it consciously, and I am often wrong or unable to determine motivation.
Brains are fascinating, and everyone is different. It's often hard to know when you think differently from others unless you take the time to ask them how they are perceiving things.
It is hard. I really enjoyed the TV series "big bang theory" & am grateful it was a hook to explain that social cues can sometimes not be "Intuitive" but can sometimes be learned. I liked Sheldon's script that if people seem upset offer them a warm beverage.
I know a gal who can write with both hands amd same time both fwd and backwards but the kicker is she can also write a sentence 1 fwd and the other backwards at the same time. ( wrap your mind around this.) Was amazing to watch and even hold the paper steady for her as she did it.
Any inclination as to whether or not this was likely due to the split-brain phenomenon aforementioned in the video?
No wonder that one trend of making one hand spin forward and the other spin backwards is so hard to do. Ive seen people who don't have the split brain surgery able to do it but only after tons of practice lol
Woah, that’s cool.
Fascinating and amazing. After watching this documentary, I wonder how many of us will actually learn to let go. I will sure try. Thank you so very much, I learned a lot.
It really is.
This breakthroughs we’re seeing in Science sends us back into the beginnings of Philosophy where questioning our living and make meaning futher solidify the foundation of being a human.
We can hope that some of the embodiment meditation techniques catch on with more people. Embodiment has helped me feel happier overall, because it is nice to trust your body as well as the conscious parts of the brain.
Thank you. I appreciate this valuable, mind blowing, information. What I loved the most about this documentary is the research on how generational trauma affects the offspring of the next generation. So many people are quite ignorant on how trauma affects the brain. Especially the prefrontal cortex that plays a vital and essential role in decision making skills.
Epigenetics is fascinating.
Let's keep those Wars going all over the globe there's money to be made
@@deadmanswife3625 How about making money via science drivers + comprehensive economic development around the world? As Pope Paul V1 said in 1967: " Populorum Progressio - the Progress of Peoples! " This was also JFK's Alliance for Progress!
I agree. Somehow I relived my great-grandmother's trauma in my own life without ever knowing her. My grandpa pulled me aside in my mid-twenties to point out why I so reminded him of her. I have generational trauma and repeated it in my life and now science shows how it is possible.
@@kristinthomsen3175 Perhaps a collective subconscious that your grandpa helped to communicate with you!
"emotions actually help us make better decisions" THANK YOU
Don't mention it.
hmmmmmm.. no. emotions do not give us better decision makeing skills. they get in the way of progress..i was an angry young man who would fight on almost a daily basis because of the emotions i couldnt control... and it didnt matter if it was one person or 40 persons i was fighting. i would fight them all.. my rage drove me.. No emotions do not. i know there are other emotions. like affection and fear and happy and melancholy. love is not an emotion. its definition is active provision.. affection and like are emotional. lust is emotional. anger and hate and rage is emotional. and all of these emotional occurances interfer with rational thought and plan making.
Unless you're suffering from NPD or Cluster B personality disorders. Then your reactions and ability to self-manage your own emotions sort of are the problem :-/
@@gregorysias6090 Nah I hear what you're saying. I'm not saying you need to let your emotions go unchecked. Like, you need good emotional intelligence, but that doesn't mean that emotions are useless and bad
@@DanielRice-j8q Yeah I get that. It's kind of like how autistic people struggle with social interactions. But that doesn't mean that social interactions are bad for autistic people, and that was my point.
Like even if you have a physical disability: that doesn't mean that exercise is bad, it just means that exercise will be more of a challenge for you
It is NOT just guilt. There are strong positive feelings with choosing to cooperate. There are marked benefits to cooperation, it's a big part of how our species has developed! It's a pro-community feeling. A pride and sense of brotherhood, for lack of a better word (sense of humanity is not quite it either), is a major factor in choosing to do kind things for others and not be "greedy".
Abraham Lincoln said - "I defeat my enemy, by making him my friend!"
On the flip side, while some selfishness is necessary for survival, my pet theory is that *_greed,_* unfiltered hoarding of resources at the expense of others, is a mental illness.
@@JhadeSagravdefinitely true
These were my thoughts exactly. By sharing the profits you would see the happiness that person experienced and be happy yourself. Or at least I would, similar to the way I like to watch people enjoy my cooking. Endorphins maybe?
@@JhadeSagravsomeone tell this to my brother lol
This was a great video and also very well executed. I am a senior recently stepping into AP psych, and I bring this up because clearly it’s complexities will be much more difficult than regular psychology. I believe in the importance of both spirituality and psychology and this really helped me broaden my understanding of not even just psychology but the underlying philosophies of what’s underneath human consciousness. It really is no “this or that” because it’s actually “THIS & THAT”.
I left HS about 10 years ago but wow how nostalgic! I love AP psych and APUSH
Understanding the difference between religious brains and not alone will destroy what you think you know. You can believe in a God you can desire a belief in a God you can wonder about a God. All changes instantaneously. They will forever be different after they know you are watching them. There is no way to be ready for what you are going to find. There are torture chambers and there are people who believe in them. Vehemently. In the stories, the God sent the Devil not that it left the God's good graces. The light and the darkness. Maybe you'll make my case someday. Maybe you'll have bran institute people with no rent no bills no freedom no real knowledge. We'll see or rather you will.
I feel lucky to have the experience of watching this documentary. Thank you very much to all the teams and scientists involved in making this documentary. May you always be blessed with grace 🙏
I.m going to watch this for sure!! Just tuned in too late tonight. I love all of you!
After my first day of school when I was 6, I made the conscious decision to let my brain do the job of remembering what I was going to learn in school. I wasn't going to try to remember anything, I was going to trust my brain to do its job because, hey, I'm just a little kid, what do I know about remembering stuff? That decision has stood me in good stead all my life, if I read material I'll remember at least 90% of it, but not so well from audio for some reason. I think it's because my mind is thinking about what I'm hearing so I don't hear what's being said while I think. While reading I can just go back and read something again real quickly if I have to. I've also read entire pages and at the end of them realized I had no idea what I just read, and had to reread them again, my mind was off in never never land thinking about something or other, but not what I was reading.
Same here! Its definitely a different kindof challenge as you age.
I have a similar experience with reading and audio. But it's not exactly like yours.
I can focus more when I'm reading than if I'm listening.
I get that sometimes. I read something and nothing registers, and I have to read the page of the book again.
This is amazing to hear that the experience or tragedy which did happen to the parents can change the reception of impulses of the offspring. That explains a lot of kind of “PTSD” transferred to the next generation. That is amazing . Thank you
I'm really into this brain series lately! Thanks for disseminating this important and inspiring and interesting information! Coming in perfect sync with my life rn too so I am even more grateful and relieved! Sometimes (a lot for me) other humans refute ideas I'm trying to insert in their minds for various (frustrating and silly) reasons... but when it comes from a reputable source such as here and when also mixed with beautiful videography, it is passed along much easier than when I alone attempt! I don't even care about being "right".... I just care about others believing me to be intelligent enough to obtain and hold thoughts and info in my memory! It can be very disheartening to be a female these days...still....in many remote places such as where I exist at this time and point in space!
I relate to that experience you shared, especially the part of the documentary going over generational trauma that can be passed along - something that in my circles gets scoffed at, so it's nice to be validated!
Hey, it's something to do while we're killin' time, waitin' for the "big finale" of the apocalypse! I loves this stuf!
All I see is "girl...into... brain" so I assume it's about"giving"?
I call it "that cerebral"
I mean, I'm not talking a mushroom cap ratio, but...😂😂😂😂
Such phenomenal presentation and information. Thank you for providing this documentary for free!
I worked 3 shift many years so seems like my brain is still wired seems like some time I wake up and legs are hanging out the bed I don't believe I am sleepy walking 😁still learning so I really think the brain is complexed..And as to slow down for some people like my self I was very active all my life so what i am going threw is good 👍 🙏 than God I have accomplished Al lot could have been a writeer.must stop now 🙏👍
Nice Documentary to watch at 3:00 am while waiting for the stomach to deal with what has gotten!
Everything we perceive is false, the literal meaning we assign to everything we perceive dictates how we go through the day. This happens unconsciously. As we seem to move through the day, we believe what we see to be true and base the rest of our experience on it. Its very important to begin the process of regaining control of the mind. Realization that our perceptions aren't real, forgiveness of these illusions, and paying attention to our thoughts are keys. Facing an uncomfortable self truth that normally gets avoided, or we lie to ourselves to cope, is powerful. Its very unpleasant which is why we do this. Lots of times we do this automatically or with minimal awareness because its a habit our minds learn to take care of for us to leave more room for the conscious minds operations. Most people structure their minds over time with falsehoods built on more falsehoods. When we conceptualize, our minds use different memories and knowledge from all over to build the concept we do. We can't possibly observe all the minds activity at once, so our brain uses past experiences to fill in that blanks where possible. When the structure is made up of falsehood and the egos distorted perceptions which are distorted from emotions tied to them, everything is false. We react to things around us in the world based on how we see them. Not based on how they are. We then look at others behavior in certain situations and assume things about it, we judge even if some deny it. These tendencies have roots, A source. If u follow the trail back to the source, what u find there can lead u out of the matrix. Its not easy though. The ego will do everything it can to keep u down. It'll lie to u, trick u, pester u, etc. U likely will lose. It'll convince u that it's safer to stay where u are, that somehow u will lose what u value or something. Its extremely uncommon to find people familiar wit this process. I've never met another person like myself whos passionate about making sense of this absolutely bizarre existence. Not in the usual sense. But literally.
Ask urself, if u randomly woke up in some weird place with tons of other beings like u but everyone goes about their lives everyday acting unaffected by the reality that we exist and have no idea how or why, what would u do? We start as babies so its a gradual transition from ".....????" to existing, but still. When the reality of this situation truly hit me, it changed my life drastically. Something is going on here, and its not just random science luck. We EXIST! How fucking weird is THAT!
I think ur my soulmate. for real.
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I too am freaked out by existence on a daily basis, everyone just thinks I'm weird
I totally accept what u are saying.the reality which we perceive is derived mostly from false beliefs or from bad experiences.its tough to get rid of all that garbage.but when u start questioning those beliefs or bad experiences by searching the real intentions behind the movies or tv sitcoms or news channel broadcast which we watch...then the truth will start to show up.
Yep
Be strong enough to be honest and kind
It's amazing what we learn just from the way anesthesia wears off...the more interactions there are taking place across different sections of the brain as a whole, the more conscious we are. At what point do we finish waking back up, or can we ever be more than fully conscious? I wonder what more consciousness would do, if more brain interactions could make us more physically active and healthier, or if it would negatively affect us and lead to tinnitus, stuff like that, which it seems like
NOVA always made some of the best documentaries.. NOVA always made some of the best documentaries..
It's amazing to know that we are not only made of our genes & brains, but we are actually made also of the connections & communication with other people's brains as well. Our brains are communitarian-driven.
Appreciative and impressed by the brainiest people who opt for careers in research, medicine, saving lives and easing human suffering.
Wow! That segment about adaptation to trauma was particularly enlightening.
I am a visual artist. I am well aware that when I'm in the flow of making art I have little or no feeling of agency. I actually believe that my hands are making the artwork without my conscious control.
Writing poetry has been like that
for me. It's like we're flying on instruments ...
The feeling of agency is an illusion produced by the activity of brain cells we have no agency over. Flow just means we're not caught in inner conflict like we usually are when two or more regions of our brain (or two or more competing motivations) are in conflict. For example, when one part of you wants to eat something but another says you've had enough to eat or that now is a bad time. Or you want to talk to that handsome Brushstroke guy but you're afraid of rejection, appearing creepy, etc. 😉
It’s weird it’s the brain trying to understand it’s self
not strange bc brain named itself. and trying fulfill the purpose of curiosity
@@kithsoban5634 hm I guess your right
Now mix in philosophy and psychology into that, too.
Ever since I was a child I have dreamed of the same city. My dreams of the city are not recurring, but the city is always the same. I know the topology of my dream city, from the landscape to the neighborhoods within it. Sometimes, I dream of one particular space within my city, and sometimes, I dream of watching my city from a particular vantage point. The dreams can come to me randomly, sometimes even sequentially, and sometimes, the dreams can be days or months apart, but they always come. Some of the dreams are frightening or nightmarish, and some are comforting or pleasurable. But even in the nightmares, I feel like I know the city so well that nothing there can really hurt me, and if there is an emergency, I know I can help make things better. And when the dreams are pleasant, I feel like I have a place of peace, like a sanctuary deep within me. When I dream of my city, I know I have come home again. I love my dream city, I know I have returned home, for a while. I love my dreams city. Does anyone else have a dream city that they know so well, like they belong there? I can't be the only one who knows this feeling.
Write about it. Make a book.
I also have a dream city that I find myself in fairly often, in the same streets, plazas or malls. There's a dream seaside town too.
Thank you so much Nova you have always been a awesome educational resource throughout my whole life
Around 2008, Nova Science Now introduced how blue boron diamond tracs could replace the current silicon tracs used in computers today. These machines would be packaged much smaller and would be almost impervious to the stresses of heat, cold, moisture, etc.!
If we have more kids educating themselves instead of looking at stupid things on phone.than alot might be wiser.🇱🇷✌️
@@joeydddeleon7770 LOL being educated by professional Educators is far superior than the kids educating themselves or whatever
@@ftwallday3112 Yes well even educating urself doesn't hurt.
@@joeydddeleon7770 Mozart was prenatally trained, since his mother was a classical violinist. While most students do not have this advantage - every one of them can become a happy genius. It's a matter of aesthetic talent training and staying with the right educational curriculum + teachers!
Oh my gosh, thank you NOVA. Once again one of the best documentaries I have seen in a very very long time. You are the best. Keep up the good work. Humanity needs People like you and the information you give to the world.
Ever since 2012 "the end world scenario" I've asked myself how reality is created in the human brain. I've looked for years in various university lectures and nothing. Over the past few years people are almost asking this profound question. I believe this will help answer why and how we create so many decisive realities like religions, cults, false conspiracy theories, crazy political views etc. Where everyone in these groups believes with a hundred %110 certainty that what they know about their respective version of reality is real to them but not the rest of the world. This series reveals to me the mechanics of this question.
We are one species waiting to discover the ability to work as one.
Because there was no end of the world in 2012, in 2000 or any other scenario proving that reality is not created by the brain at all. Reality is not what we believe it is. In reality as it is not as I want it to be, Natures Order is Pressure Mediated.
I think many people are intensely in need of an explanation when they feel cheated and the end of the world is coming. That is when the worst of conspiracy theories and cults arise. A crisis makes people search for meaning and a grasping search for a goal or enemy to fix the crisis takes hold of the person.
32:15 This part of the video is very enlightening. I find it interesting how they are explaining how genetics is molded by trauma. This speaks VOLUMES.
I think the biggest difference is if we also had a compassionate witness during our trauma. The difference between love and indifference.
PBS has some very interesting documentaries.
When I screw up - causation
When I do fantastic- free will
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Sadly, I feel exactly the opposite. I'm responsible for my screw ups but not my accomplishments.
"a relationship is the price you pay for the anticipation of it"
ua-cam.com/video/ZIRZu1dRp8Q/v-deo.html
Me too
This is one of the reasons why I've loved Nova growing up. This is very well done 👍
1:38 1:39 😅
Extremely interesting documentary. I had a stroke at 38 years old. I have a VP shunt in my head wanted to learn more about the brain. Great information.
Thanks so much for producing and posting. Fabulous overview of epigenetics, creativity, and the ecosystem of the brain. Surprised but not surprised at the level of interplay between these intraorganisms that shape our selves.
I watched a PBS program on epigenetics about 15 years ago!
@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist4 Agapeic love!
@@stevekaylor5606 You rock! I love the agapeic love. I learned so much researching. I just love supporting programs that inform and stimulate thought and want to show my support for such engines of human connection and understanding.
@@stevekaylor560611years ago posted. On the mark! ua-cam.com/video/avWwfuJYnnI/v-deo.html
@@hhwippedcream Mozart and his sister got good starts with the aesthetic, since their mother was a classical violinist. While most of us don't have this kind of a start - everyone is capable of taking up agapeic love and becoming creative! This kind of subconscious talent training must become Standard of Care for mental health - and this is not currently the case. Instead, down-and-out people are being given disease-like labels, then neurotoxic drugs/ECT and made into long-term cash cows. This kind of Triage modeled custodial debasement also degrades the collective consciousness of the entire culture - and must be changed!
This is fantastic. This sounds like something that would, if not already in use for, help stroke patients.
Thank you so much. I have a new understanding of the brain now. Blessings Love and Peace to everyone!
*The Chair Trick:* the chair she chose, was facing her, which meant it was more open and available. The other chair was turned away from her giving a more closed off feeling. Also, the chair she didn’t choose had more papers and markers closer to it, implying that this man was already sitting there and that was his stuff. The chair she chose was open, inviting, and was somewhat empty right in front of it, so it didn’t look like anyone had been sitting there, and it would be a perfectly safe option, which is what our brains are always looking for, safety.
It was a slight of hand. It’s a magic trick.
Good eye. Now how did he predict her word choice in the book? Did he keep repeating "representation" off camera?
@@seven_point_1 terrible. the first one is always free ♟️
@@seven_point_1 good question
speaks volumes to the manipulative powers of advertising and anti-social media
These studies could add more understanding and increase validity, if the MRI included the gut.
We have learned so much about the gut-brain connection, so we are influenced by our genetics, our epigenetics, our trauma, our ancestors trauma, our culture, the air we breathe, the food we eat, the water we drink, and everyone who grew and prepared the food, the people we eat with, the people we are surrounded by.
We are independent, and we are also interdependent....
And our health is influenced... potentially determined... by how willing we are to be aware and mindful **and supportive** of everything around us.
Excellent program, thank you!
How are we independent? Who is the self that chooses actions? Isn't it all just a big tug-of-war between different motivations or centers of influence? The microbiome of the gut can drive us to eat sugary foods, consume alcohol, etc., and different areas of the brain and neurons around the heart can drive us toward the same and other, opposing behaviors. We think we're independent, but "we" (the feeling of being the executive in control of the whole operation) are merely a projection created by the many departments of the corporation.
I would love a part 2. The points made near the end are so fascinating.
That was a fantastically in depth Nova that made me realize that I am the true agent of my life...maybe.
Ought to just come right out and say “the following documentary is a materialist perspective, which means we assume that our perspective is the only one that matters.”
The documentary provides examples of recent research and the accumulated knowledge of the brain's abilities. There is ample evidence and experiments in this documentary. They don't show hypotheses that lack experiments. 👍
The choosing a chair prediction was an easy one to guess right, it isn't science nor crystal-ball magic, it's simple psychology: The woman would naturally be apprehensive about what was going to happen therefore she would choose the seat that allows a clear view of the exit without even thinking about it, should she need to escape , it's a survival mechanism.
Great documentary! I am absolutely certain that I have very little control over most of what my brain does. When discussing mental health issues, I talk about my brain as a seperate entity made of a cast of characters that I have to negotiate with. The times when I feel most *me* is when I'm painting or working on CAD designs and hit flow state.
This is fascinating. I understand how the accident that destroyed that thermostat part of the brain for that railroad man but I wonder why it is that in the US today we seem to have millions of people who find it easier to be angry or nasty than to be reasonable.
Anger is an addiction that’s why.
Weird, but that makes sense.
Exposure to social media, combined with increasing individualization in our society causes anger and narcassism respectfully. Combine that with low education levels and the dissolution of community and shared morals and norms..... well, here we are.
@@elsagrace3893 it probably just becomes the default setting
@@J.o.e_K also constantly breathing in artificial chemical perfumes from cleaning products and those little "air fresheners" dangling from the rear view mirrors in cars probably causes cognitive deterioration
Of all documentaries I've watched this one is just so mind blowing and educational. And It's amazing to think that our brain have difference bits that do different things; the brain is so complicated yet organized.
The discussion on sleep walking -- your brain is active, but the decision making part is turned off -- really sounds, at least on the surface, like hypnosis. Can you (Nova) do an episode on hypnosis, and how it compares to other phenomenon you've covered in the past?
Right is rhythm and left is language 💕
This was a fantastic documentary to give a beginning insight into how our brains and our behavior are linked together and influenced.
I've had brain damage from prolonged absent seizures. It was very intriguing when they discussed waking up comatose patients and how that activity might correlate to seizures. Also the difficulties organizing tasks after the seizures. The experiment with rats, the almond smell with shocks, and the increased smell receptors was intriguing. Could this be used to restore lost sense of smell? An excellent production which I will be watching repeatedly.
Might not hurt to try. But we are woefully ignorant about smell as a process. Of course, not having a complete understanding of something has not stopped us from finding solutions...or at least workarounds. Hope springs eternal.
Get some help bro
@@TheGreyGhost_of43rd Someone who believes in human potential and is holistic could be a help here. This does not pertain to most psychiatrists, since they are too ready to 'help' by handing out disease-like labels, then neurotoxic drugs/ECT - to secure long term financialization. This is yet their Standard of Care ethics!
With all the amazing advances resulting in studies like this I can't believe there hasn't been more research in the detection and quantification of pain!
There's a video here on UA-cam. Search for pain quantification exactly.
thank you so much! didn’t even realize i got to the end so fast! will keep practicing with you!
When i went under Anesthesia, I actually felt like I time travelled to the future. This is true and factual.
They put me under and told me to count down from 100. I got to 92 and I was out. I had no dreams and suddenly i was awake well after the surgery with tubes all down my throat. That was a day and a half later. All i wanted was more Morphine to sleep. The sleep after the surgery was the best with the Morphine. Then they weened you off of it. It was so weird a feeling waking up hours after the surgery knowing that it was completed
Wait...they never explained how dude knew what word she would choose from the book. I feel cheated!
These are questions that wise men have grappled with for thousands of years! There are likely no good answers!
Thus these are called "Transcendental" questions!
Good luck trying to resolve them! We will see you in 1,000 years and check on your progress!
Yeah philosophers😊
It's magnificently educative. Thank you to everyone that is involved
I had a series of nightmares once during a period of my life of deep soul searching and finding meaning. They were the most surreal bizarre things. I would lay down and be almost transported into a dark demented horrible place full of such horrible mysterious things. There would be times where I awoke and they would transition into the present day and continue throughout the day. I would go to work and live and look like a normal person while experiencing such bizarre psychological phenomena. It was almost as if my mind was entering into a whole other dimension.
It was around this period of my life I came to the conclusion that something more profound must be working within the human mind rather than just simply chemicals.
yea. me. and two letterslol
Mind blown: epigenetics, trauma and generational memory. OMG
How about that so called " magic trick" they never bothered explaining -- how could she have randomly flipped to the right page that contained the word ( representation) tha was already written down elsewhere & that she would randomly pick out from the random page she flipped to---i say boo - they should have explained it & not simply call it a magic trick -- I reluctantly call half bullshit
It's all bullshit
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@@mdef4092it IS Bs.
Yeah generational memory, Lamarckian modification of sensory gear in the mice?
I've been listening to "how to manifest" videos for some months now, trying to find a way to make it work. This documentary casts some interesting light on people's desire to manifest whatever they think they want, and why those efforts so resoundingly fail.
Thanks for the upload. I ❤ PBS 😊
YOU are in control. YOU isn’t as simple as you thought, is all. Your brain is still you.
The consciously thinking "you" is only a part of the 'whole you.' As such, the former can't ever be wholly in control. Control is quite nuanced. Consider brain injury induced pedophilia. Did the "you" that existed before the brain injury die? And is the new you in control?
You better preach❤❤❤❤❤❤
False
😂 sure buddy
Where is the control?
Next level level science.🙏🙏 Very knowledgeable person.
This is the best thing I’ve ever seen
It's very well done, and highly informative.
The brain is also a transceiver. There is local processing and communication of information within the material of the nervous system. And there is also communication between that material system and a non-material reality that, while we are awake, we’re mostly veiled from. I have had a fair number of precognitive dreams and downloads about what is occurring at great distances from me.
Also, the term “conscious” is used in this video. There is a greater level of consciousness that relates to what is on the other side of the veil that one can achieve.
That material is a subset of the whole. This video is focused on the material, which is important, but not all that we’re experiencing and not the permanent aspect of us.
Bro!!!! What if ... 😅😂🤣 Okay okay here me out, what if... Einstein lmao imma dip there, was able to tangibly take his conciseness and creating a with said electric impulse waves of the brain during this alchemic process creating ... Never mind I'll get back to this lol I lost my train of thought hahaha I let that one go too deep ahead. It's that feeling, like when you get a word on the Rio of your tounge and can't get it out and think of it but you can invision in it you head but can't mirror picture it which covers you from being able to walk the word off ur tounge
It's thought provoking and lit some sparks for me lok
We shouldn't be messing with pushing the veil with that level of consciousness; there's a veil for a reason, to create a line of sight" to allow the other processors of the brain and transcei... Lol rabbit trail again. I've had a hard time sleeping this is night 3,. But I'm thinking wooowhooo it's finally time for my brain to have to stop!
Great comment, Mike! I also have long had these experiences; "had a fair number of precognitive dreams and downloads about what is occurring at great distances from me.". So, I agree! Thanks for pointing this out. 🙂
@@snowsongvideopix8680 You're welcome. It's good to know that others have had such experiences.
When I was a kid, my mom said I used to sleepwalk. I poured milk and walked down one floor to reach the kitchen . She said she was afraid of waking me up. I don't do it anymore as an adult
our brains are far too good at passing everything they can off to autopilot which has become very problematic in the age of distractions.
You should do the same test with waking people because I swear there's people out there who Sleepwalk all day everyday and I bet if you checked you'll find it parts of their brain or very much asleep the time they get out of bed till the time they get back in it
I would bet that some of my former coworkers were like that. (At least until quitting time!)
I think I might have found the key to unlock a door within my mind, if within my dream I can visualize myself either falling asleep or waking up or of me in my bed.. I remember every vivid detail.
Lucid dreamer, eh? Got a tale worth telling?
Being aware of the subconscious mind and how it controls you.
How to Reprogram the subconscious mind is a dedicated process.
It's the ultimate win.
Easier said than done that subconscious programming even if some says repeat what you want to be before bed and upon wakening. I wish it would be that easy.
@@jps8678 repetition.
Knowledge and action.
Because it took us YEARS to train our brains to do simple things such a "Walking without Thinking about it". The problem I have is that if I'm walking, and then suddenly focus intently on how I'm walking, I'll stumble or misstep.
I think that has to do with "Too much" control, like some thing we're just not meant to Micro-Manage all the time, I think that is indeed why our brains are as good as they are, so we don't always have to be.. Could you imagine the exhaustion if you had to focus on every . single. Breath you took? Or how fast/hard your Heart beats?
This kinda makes be think of a cartoon years ago with a character that had to be constantly reminded to breath.
That's Autism and ADHD!
I've had an internal "sense" of two different people inside me. Maybe it's just a result of trauma or maybe some kind of actual sense of the different hemispheres. Maybe a combination of both.
I have this keen awareness too where I know I don't have bipolar or multiple personalities or whatever but like.... There's two of me or something 😂
This was so interesting. The part where they were doing tests on the patients with the left and right side of the brain disconnected was amazing. It's like they don't know and know the answer at the same time. The brain is fascinating.
I am now looking at epigenetics in a whole new way. It is one thing to think about a person's physical health when they have offspring it is eye opening to think about there mental health when they do.
Excellent!!!! 🔥
I've had surgery twice for two different hernias. Both times I remember them asking me to count down from 100 and both times I only remember making it to 99 lol
God do I ever wish. I carry the red haired genome. I woke during two surgeries before physicians believed me in advance. I still regain consciousness much faster than most coming out.
@@xoRaQxo How horrifying!
For me, it took me a little longer to pass out from the propofol. During my colonoscopy, they asked me to count to ten. I distinctly remember counting all the way to ten & then saying, "& I'm out" before going unconscious. I would've have asked the doctors if they recalled me doing that in order to check on my memory, but I never saw them afterwards, only the nurses.
Our minds are captive to our biology and environment, but this documentary tells us we can disconnect from them to discover an unchained version of ourselves.
Leonardo da Vinci!
how do we do that
actually the more you listen to these people and science the more you effect one single entity6 and person before you and any of you for its not all about you and I dont have to speak. I just am. you dont let me speak so if I speak its usually death