Redes 108: El cerebro construye la realidad - neurociencia

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There is no doubt that reality is different from how we see it. [Music] We tend to think that our perception of the world is much more complete than it actually is. We feel that we record what happens in our environment like a video camera, but what happens is very different. Edward Punset traveled to

Mallorca to interview some of the world's leading neuroscientists who had gathered at the 11th International Congress of Cognitive Neuroscience. In this episode of Neuroscientific Networks from Oxford University, he explains some of the resources the brain uses to get an idea of ​​what is happening in its [Music] environment. Kia Nobre is a neuroscientist

who started her life in Brazil and is now in London after having been in the United States. But everywhere I've been, they've heard of Kia, and they've heard about her because she is one of the few scientists who dedicates practically all her time to analyzing and measuring—not just analyzing and thinking about it, but

measuring, trying to measure how things work. And that's why Kia—and correct me if I'm wrong—that's why You try to use non- invasive methods like MRI or EEG. What on earth can you see that you wouldn't see without these methods? What interests me most is trying to understand how the brain is able to generate such a rich mental life

as ours. To understand our cognition, we try to look at what happens in the brain of a healthy person while they think or perceive the world. So we use several different methods to try to decipher that mental activity. Let's talk for a bit about this time that the brain uses. You know, I love