David Eagleman is an assistant professor of neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, where he directs the Laboratory for Perception and Action as well as the Initiative on Neuroscience and Law. His scientific research is published in journals from Science to Nature, and he is also the author of the international fiction bestseller Sum and Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain. He is the writer and presenter of the companion BBC television series The Brain
