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. Links and References: The Spontaneous Brain: From the Mind–Body to the World–Brain Problem • by Georg Northoff The Brain from Inside Out • by György Buzsáki ( BS 172 • ) Surfing Uncertainty: Prediction, Action, and the Embodied Mind • by Andy Clark ( BS 126 • ) • Northoff G, et al. Is temporal-spatial dynamics the “common currency” of brain and mind? In Quest of “Spatiotemporal Neuroscience”. Why Life Rev (2019), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plrev.2019.05.002 • (Link to Abstract) • • Georg Northoff website: http://www.georgnorthoff.com • (for videos, talks and additional papers • Please visit http://brainsciencepodcast.com • for additional references and episode transcripts. Please Visit Our Sponsors: The Great Courses Plus at thegreatcoursesplus.com/ginger TextExpander at textexpander.com/podcast

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