In his new book, "Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain," Eagleman explores ways in which the subconscious brain affects our decisions, motivations, attractions and repulsions.Įagleman is the director of the Initiative on Neuroscience and Law at Baylor's College of Medicine, where he also directs the Laboratory for Perception and Action. But there's an urge to spill the beans because another part of the brain knows it will relieve stress in our bodies. If we keep a secret, we're protecting a confidence, which is what we think we want to do. In fact, Eagleman says, there's a war going on, or at least a competition between different parts of the brain that have an interest, so to speak, in the outcome of our actions. Our guest, David Eagleman, is a neuroscientist who says our conscious minds, the part of our brains we think of as ourselves, aren't the only forces at work when we make decisions.
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