David Eagleman Quotes About Consciousness

Quotes about: Consciousness

• If you measure someone's brain and see very little activity during a task, it does not necessarily indicate that they're not trying - it more likely signifies that they have worked hard in the past to burn the programs into the circuitry. Consciousness is called in during the first phase of learning and is excluded from the game playing after it is deep in the system.

  David Eagleman

  Past, Games, Brain

  David Eagleman (2011). “Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain”, p.151, Vintage

• Consciousness is the smallest player in the operations of the brain.

  David Eagleman

  Player, Brain, Consciousness

  David Eagleman (2011). “Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain”, p.10, Vintage

• This is what consciousness does: it sets the goals, and the rest of the system learns how to meet them.

  David Eagleman

  Goal, Doe, Consciousness

  David Eagleman (2011). “Incognito: The Secret Lives of The Brain”, p.61, Canongate Books

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