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SPARKS: Professor Anil Seth – Dream Machine
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The RSA
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Publication Date |
Aug 22, 2023
Episode Duration |
00:09:05

How can collective artistic experiences help us to understand how our minds work?  

This short audio Spark introduces the Dream Machine – one of ten UK-wide projects from Unboxed.  

Anil Seth is Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex and co-director of the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science; he also wears other hats including Editor-in-Chief for a leading neuroscience journal and he’s a best-selling author. 

In this neurologically soothing Spark, you can enjoy some of the atmospherics of a twenty first century Dream Machine - and the words of Professor Seth - as he explains how new frontiers in neuroscience are being crossed in this collaborative space between Arts and Sciences. 

 With atmospheric music by Jon Hopkins. 

Disclaimer: This Spark has been created using material recorded online during the pandemic - so the sound quality varies in places, but this shouldn’t prevent you from enjoying the material.

 Presentation by: Anil Seth – Neuroscientist

Music by Jon Hopkins: Jon Hopkins

Dream Machine: About - Dreamachine

 

Produced by: Unboxed - a UK-wide festival of creativity that brought together Arts, Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEAM).

Brought to you by: The RSA - the royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce. Where world-leading ideas become world-changing actions. Subscribe for new episodes weekly and visit our website to find out more about our Design for Life mission and our global changemaker community - the RSA Fellowship: theRSA.org

How can collective artistic experiences help us to understand how our minds work? 

How can collective artistic experiences help us to understand how our minds work?  

This short audio Spark introduces the Dream Machine – one of ten UK-wide projects from Unboxed.  

Anil Seth is Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex and co-director of the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science; he also wears other hats including Editor-in-Chief for a leading neuroscience journal and he’s a best-selling author. 

In this neurologically soothing Spark, you can enjoy some of the atmospherics of a twenty first century Dream Machine - and the words of Professor Seth - as he explains how new frontiers in neuroscience are being crossed in this collaborative space between Arts and Sciences. 

 With atmospheric music by Jon Hopkins. 

Disclaimer: This Spark has been created using material recorded online during the pandemic - so the sound quality varies in places, but this shouldn’t prevent you from enjoying the material.

 Presentation by: Anil Seth – Neuroscientist

Music by Jon Hopkins: Jon Hopkins

Dream Machine: About - Dreamachine

 

Produced by: Unboxed - a UK-wide festival of creativity that brought together Arts, Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEAM).

Brought to you by: The RSA - the royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce. Where world-leading ideas become world-changing actions. Subscribe for new episodes weekly and visit our website to find out more about our Design for Life mission and our global changemaker community - the RSA Fellowship: theRSA.org

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