The Science of Self Awareness feat. Steve Fleming

unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc · May 23, 2022 · 49m

The notion of self awareness has been at the heart of philosophy for millenia. Now it’s the subject of research by neuroscientists, and is the focus of research at Steven Fleming’s lab, where he asks: what supports the remarkable capacity for human self-awareness? To address this question, Steve and his team combine experimental and theoretical approaches to understanding how people become self-aware of aspects of their cognition and behaviour, and why such awareness is often impaired by psychiatric and neurological disorders. Steve Fleming is a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Sir…