Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman
Jun 22, 2026 · 1 hr 12 min · 27 segments
Could a tiny injury to your brain change your personality? If your friends didn’t know something had happened in your brain, would they just think you're choosing to act strangely? What if the self is…
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If your brain changes, are you still you? Could a tiny injury to your brain change your personality? If your memories change, does your identity change with them? And if your friends didn't know something had happened with your brain, could they just think that you're choosing to act differently? What if the self is nothing but a fragile coalition of neural processes? Today, we're joined by Masud Husain, a neurologist and neuroscientist at Oxford, and we're gonna dive into fascinating case studies about how changes in the brain lead to changes in the self.
I'm a neuroscientist at Stanford, and in these episodes, we sail deeply into our three-pound universe to understand some of the most surprising aspects of our lives.
This is an iHeart podcast.
Guaranteed human.
[laughing]
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If your brain changes, are you still you? Could a tiny injury to your brain change your personality? If your memories change, does your identity change with them? And if your friends didn't know something had happened with your brain, could they just think that you're choosing to act differently? What if the self is nothing but a fragile coalition of neural processes? Today, we're joined by Masud Husain, a neurologist and neuroscientist at Oxford, and we're gonna dive into fascinating case studies about how changes in the brain lead to changes in the self.
I'm a neuroscientist at Stanford, and in these episodes, we sail deeply into our three-pound universe to understand some of the most surprising aspects of our lives.
This is an iHeart podcast.
Guaranteed human.
[laughing]