Our Brains, Our Selves: How the Mind Creates Identity with Professor Masud Husain #362

Our Brains, Our Selves: How the Mind Creates Identity with Professor Masud Husain #362

In this episode of the SuperCreativity Podcast, James Taylor speaks with Professor Masud Husain, neurologist, neuroscientist, essayist, and author of Our Brains, Ourselves: What a Neurologist’s Patients Tell Him About the Brain. A leading researcher at the University of Oxford, Husain explores how the brain constructs our sense of self—and what happens when that system breaks down.

Through remarkable patient stories—from a man who loses his motivation after a stroke to a woman whose hand acts with a mind of its own—Husain shows how identity, motivation, and consciousness emerge from the fragile architecture of the brain. Together, they discuss the neuroscience of apathy and addiction, the role of dopamine in behavior, the intersection of AI and neurobiology, and what it truly means to be human.

If you’ve ever wondered how much of “you” is shaped by your brain—and how much you can change—this conversation offers profound insights into the science of the self.

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