How the Brain Constructs Reality — Perception, Belief, and the Perception Box Explained | Chapter 3 of Then I Am Myself the World
How the Brain Constructs Reality — Perception, Belief, and the Perception Box Explained | Chapter 3 of Then I Am Myself the World Chapter 3 of Then I Am Myself the World: What Consciousness Is and How to Expand It by Christof Koch explores the remarkable idea that each of us inhabits a reality shaped not simply by the external world, but by the unique architecture of our own minds. This chapter builds on the foundations of subjective experience by showing how perception is constructed, filtered, and deeply influenced by our expectations, priors, memories, beliefs, and personal history. To complement this written analysis, you can watch the full chapter summary in the video embedded below. Below is the book cover associated with this chapter: The Viral Lesson of #TheDress: Why We See Differently Koch opens with one of the most famous internet phenomena of the last decade: #TheDress . When millions of people looked at the same photograph, some saw blue and black while others...