If choices and decisions derive from hidden mental processes, then free choice is either an illusion or, at minimum, more tightly constrained than previously considered.
David EaglemanMy lab and academic work fill my day from about 9 am to 7 p.m. Then I zoom out the lens to work on my other writing.
David EaglemanBrains are like representative democracies. They are built of multiple, overlapping experts who weigh in and compete over different choices.
David EaglemanThe brain "fills in" the missing information from the blind spot. Notice what you see in the location of the dot when it's in your blind spot. When the dot disappears, you do not perceive a hole of whiteness or blackness in its place; instead your brain invents a patch of the background pattern. Your brain, with no information from that particular spot in visual space, fills in with the patterns around it. You're not perceiving what's out there. You're perceiving whatever your brain tells you.
David Eagleman