Lecture 'The Creative and Boundless Mind'. Day One: Brain, Mind, Consciousness: From Descartes to Buddhist Monks

How does the brain make choices? Where do feelings begin to take shape? Can you change your habits through reprogramming? What is consciousness from the perspective of how neurons work? How are thoughts formed? In this course, led by psychophysiologist and professor at Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov Alexander Kaplan, we will gradually examine the processes occurring in the human brain—starting with electrical activity of neurons and ending with behavior, emotions, and complex mental states. This is a meaningful dialogue with an advanced specialist in creating brain-computer interface systems, recognized as an expert of world level. You will learn about the freshest achievements in neuroscience and discover new paths for transforming your life.

The course is designed for those who want deeper self-knowledge and prefer to rely on modern scientific data rather than popular myths about the brain. The human brain has a unique creative intelligence capable of imagination, which modern artificial intelligences do not possess. Billions of synapses form complex combinations, encoding the smallest details of events. The question is whether we use all this potential. This will be discussed in the course.