How the Brain Fills in the Blanks December 16, 2009
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, The Mind & Neuroscience
The brain is wired to fill in gaps, and that drive shapes everything from vision to dreams to romantic longing. Armand DiMele and Dr. Sherry Siegel, M.D. trace the neuroscience of synapses and blind spots outward to nightmares, compulsive thinking, and why an excited amygdala conjures danger from thin air.