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Dean Burnett

Dean Burnett, PhD, is a neuroscientist and a stand-up comedian. He is based at the Centre for Medical Education at Cardiff University. His widely praised Guardian science blog, Brain Flapping, has been viewed more than sixteen million times in the last three years. He is the author of The Idiot Brain: A Neuroscientist Explains What Your Head Is Really Up To. Follow him on Twitter @garwboy.

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The world we perceive is the end result of all the processing the brain does with it. From the retina to the visual cortex to the hippocampus to the prefrontal cortex, the brain relies on many different areas to perform several different functions all working in tandem.
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but suffice it to say that the brain is constantly looking for links in the things we observe. This is undoubtedly a survival tactic, stemming from a time when our species faced constant danger
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It is more comforting for some adults to believe that the world is organised according to the plans of powerful authority figures, be they wealthy tycoons, alien lizards with a penchant for human flesh, or scientists.
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