Explore the strange mental world that seems so essential to being human

The conscious mind brings together sensations, perceptions, thoughts and memories to generate the seamless movie of your life. It makes you aware of the world around you and your own self. How all this emerges from a kilogram of brain cells is one of the greatest unanswered questions.

Your Conscious Mind takes you on a journey through the mind to discover what consciousness really is, and what we can learn when it goes wrong. Find out if we can ever build a conscious machine, what animal consciousness tells us about our own, and why free will may not exist.