{"id":732,"date":"2013-11-05T12:28:27","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T12:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/?p=732"},"modified":"2018-10-30T13:34:47","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T13:34:47","slug":"hacking-the-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/2013\/11\/hacking-the-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"Hacking the Brain: What optical and auditory illusions can tell us about how the mind works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1707\" src=\"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/brain-300x275.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/brain-300x275.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/brain-768x704.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/brain.jpg 834w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Our brain runs as an organic computer to allow us to see and hear the world around us. Optical illusions &#8216;hack the brain&#8217; to disrupt this process and so allow us to understand how the brain works. With live demonstrations of a great variety of optical and auditory illusions, this talk will reveal the inner workings of the mind. 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