Chapter
Perception of Color and Light
08:57 - 18:36 (09:38)
In this podcast, the speaker discusses an experiment where they overlap red and green light to project yellow, and how people may see colors differently due to varying perceptions of light.
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Neuroscientist David Eagleman delves into the challenge the brain faces in transforming the world into electrical signals and how this process is defined as perception.
08:57 - 11:14 (02:17)
Summary
Neuroscientist David Eagleman delves into the challenge the brain faces in transforming the world into electrical signals and how this process is defined as perception. He emphasizes that detection is different from perception and highlights the quest to understand how the brain ultimately transforms detection into perception to guide actions and behaviors.
ChapterPerception of Color and Light
EpisodeDr. Charles Zuker: The Biology of Taste Perception & Sugar Craving
PodcastHuberman Lab
This podcast episode discusses the three classes of photoreceptor neurons responsible for sensing primary colors, and the process by which we perceive color in our visual systems.
11:14 - 16:23 (05:08)
Summary
This podcast episode discusses the three classes of photoreceptor neurons responsible for sensing primary colors, and the process by which we perceive color in our visual systems.
ChapterPerception of Color and Light
EpisodeDr. Charles Zuker: The Biology of Taste Perception & Sugar Craving
PodcastHuberman Lab
The brain is not only an organ generating perception, but it is also organizing our behavior into general categories of outcome while being economical.
16:23 - 18:36 (02:13)
Summary
The brain is not only an organ generating perception, but it is also organizing our behavior into general categories of outcome while being economical. Behaviors can broadly fall into categories that the brain tries to sort, like avoiding bitter-tasting things, based on the outcome it perceives.