About This Video

Who are you more like: yourself or your best friend? Seems simple enough. But maybe it isn’t? Neuroscientist Giulio Tononi wrestles with this rhetorical question with filmmaker Charlie Kaufman and Emmy Award-winning actor Alan Alda. The thought experiment reveals the surprising ways distinctly human concepts such as self, identity, and life experience are represented in the brain.

Recorded June 2010; Posted October 2010