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The brain is the biggest mystery in science today. It's responsible for all the facets of our personality, everything we think and everything we feel. It makes you a very large fraction of what's happening in my brain. I am not aware of it all, but what exactly is going on in your unconscious brain? What part of your brain is really in charge? All day long, we're doing unscripted things that we didn't know we would be doing. Life is not scripted. Find a word that has some meaning for you so you might think you've made a choice representation, but in the back of your mind, you wonder, come on, was that really me?

We might feel like we're in control. This idea that we're in control of our actions seems critical to our sense of identity, but our brains may have other ideas.The brain is made of almost 90 billion neurons, but it produces this illusion that there's a single person inside our skulls. For every Pinocchio, there's always someone kind of pulling the strings behind the scenes, there can be two separated minds inside one system.It's not just that motor memory, language is in the brain. Your personality is up there. Your morality is up there. We as humans know how the environment and traumatic events change. People your brain. Who's in control right now on NOVA, have you ever thought that you have made a crystal clear decision? I'm just going to watch two episodes tonight, but the next thing you know, okay, just one more episode.

Actually, it's time to go to bed. Well, I bet everyone else has already finished this season. Wait. Why am I still watching this? Well, of course, the answer lies in your brain. Your brain contains multitudes. It's a complex and intricate, three pound piece of matter, but you actually have no awareness of most of the things that are going on inside your brain. I'm neuroscientist and clinical psychologist Heather Berlin. I And I'm on a journey to discover what's really driving the decisions you make. No agency at all, who or what is really in control.