Anil Seth. Being You: A New Theory of Consciousness

Being yourself is not as simple as it may seem. Inside each of our brains, billions of neurons work tirelessly to create our everyday conscious experience. But how does this actually happen? How do we perceive the world from a first-person perspective?

Today, science has made it possible to observe the biological mechanisms of the brain that give rise to consciousness. Drawing on years of groundbreaking research, neuroscientist Anil Seth presents a new theory of consciousness—one that has the potential to transform neuroscience in much the same way that Dawkins’ theory reshaped evolutionary biology.