What we know about the science of consciousness
New research has brought us a little closer to answering a key question about consciousness: How does the brain create the experience of self-awareness?
The problem was first posed by Aristotle, over 2000 years ago.
KUOW editor and longtime science journalist Gabriel Spitzer tells us more about that research and the Seattle scientist at the center of it.
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Libby Denkmann
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Libby Denkmann joined KUOW in December 2021 as the host of the midday show Soundside. She’s a native Pacific Northwesterner who grew up in Redmond, graduated from the University of Washington, and covered local news as a producer and reporter with KIRO Radio.
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