Eagleman and Brian Eno bring Sum to Sydney Opera House
In June, 2009, David Eagleman collaborated with musician/producer Brian Eno to perform a musical reading of Sum to 1,000 people at the Sydney Opera House. Â In May of 2010 they performed together again to 1,200 people at the Brighton Dome in England. Â Stay tuned for further performances.
For reasons of education, legislation, and innovation, a public understanding of science is critically important. To this end, I regularly deliver public lectures and speak on radio and television. See below for several talks, podcasts, and articles.
The Brain: General discussions about the brain and neuroscience
David discusses with Dr. Sanjay Gupta about why we do what we do.
Cover Story - Corriere della serra - Style Magazine
David discusses Incognito, dreaming and neural parliaments on The Colbert Report.
Click the image below to watch a short overview about the brain on the History Channel.
AOL Video
Time Perception: Why do we say time seems to "slow down" during a traumatic experience?
My lab focuses on how the mind percieves time during moments of crisis. We often hear that "time slows down" when we experience something like a fall from a roof, or a car accident. Why is this? See below for a number of media appearances where I discuss this phenomenon and what we think is really happening.
David discusses how time could very well be a construct of the human mind in this episode of "Through The Wormhole."
Listen as the guys at RadioLab bring the whole experience of free-falling, and how it seems to make time slow down, to life.
Here's an experiment in which my lab studied time perception by dropping volunteer subjects from a 150 foot high tower. Free fall. Subjects are going 50 miles per hour when they hit the net.
(in Spanish / En Español)
Want more details? The results of our experiment are published here.
New Scientist magazine recently featured our time perception research as their cover story.
Neuroscience and the Law: Are there better ways to approach and rehabilitate criminal behavior?
Watch an interview I gave on Reason.TV about how neuroscience could completely change the way we view criminal rehabilitation and the law.
The Internet and Civilization: Will the internet save civilization from total collapse?
Click the image to watch a cliip in which I discuss "Six Easy Steps to Avert the Collapse of Civilization" at the Long Now Foundation in April, 2010.
Synesthesia: Why do some people associate letters with color?
Our laboratory has been studying synesthesia for eight years. In that time, we've tested thousands of synesthetes of all varieties, gathered the DNA from 8 synesthetic family trees, and performed neuroimaging. We value the opportunity to explain our research to a wider audience, and to that end our research has appeared in several popular outlets.
Here are some print articles about our synesthesia research:
Media
David discusses with Dr. Sanjay Gupta about why we do what we do.
Profile the lab's research on time perception and synesthesia on PBS' Nova Science NOW.
David discusses 
Click the image below to watch a short overview about the brain on the History Channel.
(in Spanish / En Español)
New Scientist magazine recently featured our time perception research as their 
