Anil Seth - How Our Minds Predict Our Reality

In this episode, Wendy speaks with cognitive scientist Anil Seth about his work on consciousness and the mind. They discuss:

• the idea of the brain as a prediction machine;

• how perception is a kind of "controlled" hallucination;

• the self as a construction and implications for psychiatric disorders;

• connections between this view of the mind and Buddhist ideas;

• how these views might inform our subjective experience;

• the important role of the body in perception;

• the connection between life and mind (and Anil's views on panpsychism);

• emotions as prediction and interoception;

• the question of free will;

• communicating science to a public audience, and other topics.

Full show notes and resources (podcast.mindandlife.org/anil-seth)