SPARKS: Professor Anil Seth – Dream Machine

<p>How can collective artistic experiences help us to understand how our minds work?  </p><p>This short audio Spark introduces the Dream Machine – one of ten UK-wide projects from Unboxed.  </p><p>Anil Seth is Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex and co-director of the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science; he also wears other hats including Editor-in-Chief for a leading neuroscience journal and he’s a best-selling author. </p><p>In this neurologically soothing Spark, you can enjoy some of the atmospherics of a twenty first century Dream Machine - and the words of Professor Seth - as he explains how new frontiers in neuroscience are being crossed in this collaborative space between Arts and Sciences. </p><p> With atmospheric music by Jon Hopkins. </p><p> <i>Disclaimer: This Spark has been created using material recorded online during the pandemic - so the sound quality varies in places, but this shouldn’t prevent you from enjoying the material.</i> </p><p> Presentation by: <a href="https://www.anilseth.com/" target="_blank">Anil Seth – Neuroscientist</a> </p><p>Music by Jon Hopkins: <a href="https://jonhopkins.co.uk/" target="_blank">Jon Hopkins</a> </p><p>Dream Machine: <a href="https://dreamachine.world/about/" target="_blank">About - Dreamachine</a> </p><p> </p><p>Produced by: Unboxed - a UK-wide festival of creativity that brought together Arts, Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEAM).</p><p> </p><p>Brought to you by: The RSA - the royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce. Where world-leading ideas become world-changing actions. Subscribe for new episodes weekly and visit our website to find out more about our Design for Life mission and our global changemaker community - the RSA Fellowship: <a href="https://www.thersa.org/" target="_blank"><strong>theRSA.org</strong></a> </p>