In this thought-provoking conversation, guest host Kelly Chase welcomes philosopher Kimberly Engels to Dreamland to explore the cutting edge of experiencer research. Engels, an associate professor at Molloy University, shares insight into a groundbreaking metadata study at Rice University’s Archives of the Impossible, drawing on firsthand accounts from both theread more
Two ambitious experiments aimed at uncovering the seat of consciousness in the human brain have failed to meet their goals, resolving a wager that was a quarter-century in the making. Although it is unusual to be reporting on the failure of a series of experiments, it is important in regardsread more
There?s a certain type of sudden realization that cartoonists often portray with a light bulb going on over the head?the “Eureka!” experience. What?s going on inside our brains when this happens?
Mark Jung-Beeman says this happens “when you need to tie together things that are distantly related. That’s exactly what an insight is. It’s tying together information that people already know, but they don’t recognize how they are related until that key moment.”
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