BS 174 Georg Northoff, author of "The Spontaneous Brain"

<p>BS 174 is an interview with neuroscientist and philosopher Georg Northoff about his fascinating book "The Spontaneous Brain: From the Mind–Body to the World–Brain Problem." We explore the significance of the growing evidence that most of the brain's activity occurs independently of external stimuli with a focus on the implications of this finding for our understanding of how the brain generates consciousness.</p> <p><strong>Links and References:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/2WXp9it" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><em>The Spontaneous Brain: From the Mind–Body to the World–Brain Problem</em></a> by Georg Northoff</li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/3g2JVGb" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><em>The Brain from Inside Out</em></a> by György Buzsáki  (<a href= "https://brainsciencepodcast.com/bsp/2020/172-buzsaki" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">BS 172</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/31e6JeU" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><em>Surfing Uncertainty: Prediction, Action, and the Embodied Mind</em></a> by Andy Clark (<a href= "http://brainsciencepodcast.com/bsp/2016/126-andyclark" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">BS 126</a>)</li> <li> <div>Northoff G, et al. Is temporal-spatial dynamics the “common currency” of brain and mind? In Quest of “Spatiotemporal Neuroscience”. <em>Why Life Rev</em> (<strong>2019)</strong>, <a href= "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plrev.2019.05.002">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plrev.2019.05.002</a></div> <div>(<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31221604/">Link to Abstract)</a></div> </li> <li>Georg Northoff website: <a href= "http://www.georgnorthoff.com/">http://www.georgnorthoff.com</a> (for videos, talks and additional papers</li> <li>Please visit <a href= "http://brainsciencepodcast.com/">http://brainsciencepodcast.com</a> for additional references and episode transcripts.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Please Visit Our Sponsors:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://thegreatcoursesplus.com/ginger"><em><strong>The Great Courses Plus</strong></em> at th