What does it mean to know thyself? – Part 1Episode 29← All Episodes

Did Joan of Arc turn the tide of the 100 Years War as the result of a brain disorder? Would you appreciate Taylor Swift if you only had an internal camera to watch her vocal chords? What do almost all drugs of abuse have in common? How can the tiny molecules of rabies virus control your behavior? Join Eagleman on a two-part deep dive into the fundamental question of how biological insights can shed light on the ancient question of who we are.

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Devinsky O, Lai G. (2008). “Spirituality and religion in epilepsy.” Epilepsy Behaviour 12 (4): 636–43.

Trimble M, Freeman A. (2006). “An investigation of religiosity and the Gastaut-Geschwind syndrome in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy.” Epilepsy and Behaviour 9 (3): 407–14.

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