The Coolest Thing in the World

A neuroscientist tests the limits of wonder when his own father suffers a stroke.

David Carmel

Cognitive neuroscientist

David Carmel is a cognitive neuroscientist. He spends his days trying to figure out how the brain creates consciousness, and his nights trying to remember why he ever thought he could accomplish this. His ideas on the brain and mind have appeared in Scientific American Mind and fivebooks.com.